Carl Blum

Carl Wilhelm August Blum (1786 – 2 July 1844) was a German singer, librettist, stage actor, director, guitarist and opera and song composer.

Bone wrote that Blum was "a universal genius, uniting in one person the poet, the dramatist, composer, singer and performer.

[1] He joined a group of traveling comedians in 1805, directed by Quandt, working as a singer and guitarist.

[1] After leaving the group for more musical study, he joined the Königsberger Theater in Berlin in 1810, working with C. von Weber.

[1] He became guitar instructor to the royal princesses and produced his first opera, Claudine de Villa Bella.