Creators

Franz Joseph von Bruchmann (1798 –  1867) was the son of Johann Christian Maria von Bruchmann, director of the Vienna National Bank, one of the richest men in Vienna and patron of Franz Schubert and the artist Leopold Kupelwieser.  In his Vienna home Johann Christian hosted the so-called Schubertiaden, musical and literary evenings with Schubert… Read More

Carl (or Karl) Hermann Busse (1872 – 1918) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym Fritz Döring. Wikipedia

Romain Bussine (1830 – 1899) was a French voice teacher, singer, translator and poet active in the second half of the 19th century. Wikipedia

Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 –1944) was a multilingual music writer and critic who promoted musicians such as Franz Liszt and Modest Mussorgsky. Wikipedia

Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746 – 1818) was a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher. He was a major representative of philanthropism and the German Enlightenment. Wikipedia

Giuseppe Carpani (1752 – 1825) was an Italian man of letters. He is remembered in large part for his role in the history of classical music: he knew Haydn, Mozart, Salieri, Beethoven, and Rossini, and served them in various ways as poet, translator, and biographer. Wikipedia

Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 – 1838) was a German poet and botanist, author of Peter Schlemihl, a famous story about a man who sold his shadow. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt. Wikipedia