Franz Theodor Kugler

Franz Theodor Kugler (19 January 1808, Stettin – 18 March 1858, Berlin) was an art historian and cultural administrator for the Prussian state.

He studied literature, music and the visual arts at the University of Berlin.

After attending classes in Heidelberg, he returned to Berlin in 1827 in order to study architecture.

In 1831 he obtained his doctorate under Ernst Heinrich Toelken with a dissertation on Werinher of Tegernsee.

[4] Johannes Brahms employed text written by Kugler for his Ständchen ("Der Mond steht über dem Berge"), a song for voice and piano, Op.