Caspar Brülow (1585-1627) was a

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n scholar and dramatist who wrote in Latin and German. He is remembered for his Latin language dramas on Biblical and Classical subjects which were performed by his students. Born in Falkenburg, he moved to Strasbourg to study philology in 1607. Like his later colleague

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, he began his career as a teacher at the Protestant ''Gymanasium'' school, starting there in 1612 and spending the rest of his life in Strasbourg. In 1615 he was appointed to the Academy, at which he specialised in Latin rhetoric.Willi Flemming: Brülow, Caspar. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955. In 1616 he was awarded the title of Poet Laureate.Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
/ref> In 1622 he was appointed director of the ''Gymnasiusm''. Brülow is primarily noted for his dramatic poetry in Latin. From 1612, he wrote a play in Latin each year, to be performed at the Strasbourg Academy Theatre. A version in German was always also written. His play ''Chariclia'' is known to have been performed in German at the Dresden court.Günter Skopnik: ''Die Dramen von Caspar Brülow und Johann Paul Crusius''. Gelnhausen 1934 (urspr. Diss. Berlin) Brülow was apparently a popular teacher, as evidenced from the notes of his pupil

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, who provides details of Brülow's annual theatrical productions. The dramas involved a chorus singing at the end of each act, in imitation of the Greek dramatic chorus. However, these were at least as much musical interludes as summations and commentary on the action in the manner of Ancient Greek drama. The music was generally composed by Thomas Walliser. Like the contemporary

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, the plays did not obey the

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and mixed tragedy with comedy. In addition to his dramas Brülow wrote textbooks and a Latin epic about

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entitled "De vita rebusque gestis Martini Lutheran". Brülow died in 1627 at the age of 41 in his adopted home of Strasbourg.

Works

* ''Andromeda. Tragoedia.'' Straßburg 1612 * ''Elias. Drama Tragicum.'' Straßburg 1613 * ''Chariclia. Tragico-comoedia.'' Straßburg 1614 * ''Nebucadnezar. Comoedia sacra.'' Straßburg 1615 * ''Cajus Julius Caesar. Tragoedia.'' Straßburg 1616 * ''Moses, sive Exitus Israelitarum ex Aegypto. Tragico-comoedia sacra.'' Straßburg 1621

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brulow, Caspar 1585 births 1627 deaths 17th-century Latin-language writers People from the Duchy of Pomerania People from Złocieniec People from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth