Carl Hermann Busse
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Carl Busse (b. Nov. 12 1872 in Lindenstat near Birnbaum (today Międzychód
) in the former Prussian province of Poznań
(German: Posen), d. Dec. 3, 1918 in Berlin) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym Fritz Döring.
(German: Wongrowitz). From 1893 he lived in Berlin and received a military education. In 1894 he studied philology, history, and philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin
and in 1898 earned a doctorate from the University of Rostock
where he wrote a thesis on the poetry of Novalis
advised by Wolfgang Golthier. Upon graduation, he was active as a freelance author and literary critic in Berlin. He was an associate editor of the Deutschen Wochenblatt, a journal for politics, art, and literature, and contributed to Leipzig publisher Velhagen & Klasings Monatsheften. Busse was a founding member of the "Cartel of German Lyric Authors."
The composer Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
included a setting Busse's poem "Schöne Nacht" in his Op. 9 songs of 1903. The song premiered on June 18, 1903 at the Munich Odeon in a concert of students from the Academy of Music
in Munich with the composer at the piano.
Busse belonged to a circle of writers supported by Ludwig Stollwerck, a Cologne chocolate magnate and entrepreneur. They helped design the Stollwerck firm's series of collectable scrapbooks and print albums, "Stollwerck's Sammel-Album". Other writers included poet "T. Resa" (Theresa Gröhe, née Pauli-Greiffenberg), zoology professor Paul Matschie
, author Hans Eschelbach, journalist Julius Rodenberg
, author Joseph von Lauff, novelist Gustav Falke
, and the poet Anna Ritter.
During the First World War in 1916, Busse joined the militia
and was decorated with an iron cross
, 2 cd class. He died in the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. Busse was buried in the Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Busse married Paula Sara Jacobsen and had two daughters, Ute and Christine. In 1924, his widow rented the ground floor of their house at 25-6 Heidestrasse in Berlin's Steglitz district to Dora Diamant
and Franz Kafka
under the name "Dr. Kaesboher." Heidestrasse was named the "Busseallee" in his honor in 1931. In the Nazi period, Paula Busse survived internment at Theresienstadt.
Busse's brother, Georg Busse-Palma, was also a writer.
Georg Busse-Palma:
Miedzychód
Międzychód is a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, about 75 km west of Poznań. It is the capital of Międzychód County. Population is 10,920 .-Notable residents:* Manuel Joël , philosopher...
) in the former Prussian province of Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
(German: Posen), d. Dec. 3, 1918 in Berlin) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym Fritz Döring.
Life
Busse received his secondary education in WągrowiecWagrowiec
Wągrowiec is a town in northwestern Poland, 50 km from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the a seat of a powiat. It is currently attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship...
(German: Wongrowitz). From 1893 he lived in Berlin and received a military education. In 1894 he studied philology, history, and philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
and in 1898 earned a doctorate from the University of Rostock
University of Rostock
The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...
where he wrote a thesis on the poetry of Novalis
Novalis
Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg , an author and philosopher of early German Romanticism.-Biography:...
advised by Wolfgang Golthier. Upon graduation, he was active as a freelance author and literary critic in Berlin. He was an associate editor of the Deutschen Wochenblatt, a journal for politics, art, and literature, and contributed to Leipzig publisher Velhagen & Klasings Monatsheften. Busse was a founding member of the "Cartel of German Lyric Authors."
The composer Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid was a German composer.-Biography:Schmid was born at Landau.As a boy he studied music with his father who was a school teacher and choral conductor. He also sang in the boys choir at Regensburg Cathedral for several years. He entered the Munich Akademie der Tonkunst where he...
included a setting Busse's poem "Schöne Nacht" in his Op. 9 songs of 1903. The song premiered on June 18, 1903 at the Munich Odeon in a concert of students from the Academy of Music
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
in Munich with the composer at the piano.
Busse belonged to a circle of writers supported by Ludwig Stollwerck, a Cologne chocolate magnate and entrepreneur. They helped design the Stollwerck firm's series of collectable scrapbooks and print albums, "Stollwerck's Sammel-Album". Other writers included poet "T. Resa" (Theresa Gröhe, née Pauli-Greiffenberg), zoology professor Paul Matschie
Paul Matschie
Paul Matschie was a German zoologist. He worked at the Zoological Museum in Berlin....
, author Hans Eschelbach, journalist Julius Rodenberg
Julius Rodenberg
Julius Rodenberg was a German Jewish poet and author.He studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Göttingen, Berlin, and Marburg, but soon abandoned jurisprudence for literature. In 1851 his first poem, "Dornröschen", appeared in Bremen. This poem was soon followed by many others...
, author Joseph von Lauff, novelist Gustav Falke
Gustav Falke
- Life :Falke was born in Lübeck to merchant Johann Friedrich Christian Falke and his wife Elisabeth Franziska Hoyer. The historians Johannes and Jacob von Falke were his uncles, translator Otto Falke his cousin....
, and the poet Anna Ritter.
During the First World War in 1916, Busse joined the militia
Landsturm
German-speaking countries used the word Landsturm to refer to third-class infantry or militias.- 1813 :King Frederick William III of Prussia established the Prussian Landsturm as irregular military forces on 21 April 1813 by royal edict – the decree appeared in the preussische Gesetzesammlung...
and was decorated with an iron cross
Iron Cross
The Iron Cross is a cross symbol typically in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the Kingdom of Jerusalem granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross placed above a silver Cross of Jerusalem....
, 2 cd class. He died in the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. Busse was buried in the Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.
Busse married Paula Sara Jacobsen and had two daughters, Ute and Christine. In 1924, his widow rented the ground floor of their house at 25-6 Heidestrasse in Berlin's Steglitz district to Dora Diamant
Dora Diamant
Dora Diamant is best remembered as the lover of the writer Franz Kafka and the person who kept some of his last writings in her possession until they were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1933...
and Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
under the name "Dr. Kaesboher." Heidestrasse was named the "Busseallee" in his honor in 1931. In the Nazi period, Paula Busse survived internment at Theresienstadt.
Busse's brother, Georg Busse-Palma, was also a writer.
Works
- Gedichte 1892
- In junger Sonne 1892
- Geschichte einer Jugend 1892
- Jugendstürme 1896
- Jadwiga 1899
- Die Schüler von Polajewo 1901
- Das Gymnasium zu Lengowo 1907 (Roman)
- Geschichte der Weltliteratur zwei Bände, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1909–1912
- Sturmvögel 1917
- Trittchen(aus dem Tagebuch eines Verwundeten)
- Der dankbare Heilige und andere Novellen
- Deutsche Kriegslieder (1914/1915)
- Heilige Not (Ein Gedichtbuch 1910)
- Neue Gedichte (1892–1895)
- Aus verklungenen Stunden (Sketchbook 1919), Jugenderzählungen – collected by Paula Busse
- Träume 1895
- Über Zeit und Dichtung (Aufsätze zur Literatur 1915)
- Vagabunden (Neue Lieder und Gedichte)
- Federspiel (westliche und östliche Geschichten)
- Im polnischen Wind (Ostmärkische Geschichten)
- Flugbeute (Neue Erzählungen)
- Annette von Droste
- Feuerschein (Novellen und Skizzen aus dem Weltkrieg)
- Klar Schiff (Seekriegslieder 1914/1915)
Georg Busse-Palma:
- Lieder eines Zigeuners (1899), with an introduction by Carl Busse
- Zwei Bücher Liebe und andere Gedichte (1903)