Author: Fleischer, K. F. W.
Title: Zur Gedachtniss-Feier Der Befreiung Russlands Von Den Feinden IM Jahre 1812" Together with "Rede Zur Nachfeier Des Hohen Geburtsfestes Des Grossfursten Und Thronfolgers Alexander Nikolajewitsch" ("on the Commemoration Festivities of the Liberation of Russia from Its Enemies in the Year 1812" Together with "a Speech on the Occasion of the Belated Celebration of the High Birthday of the Great Duke and Heir to the Throne, Alexander Nikolaevich")
Description: Riga, s. n. 1830. Two small broadsides, 1830 and 1831; 8 x 5 and 8 1/4 x 4 3/4; off-white stock, in Fraktur; tiny nicks to lower corners; mild age-toning to margins; faint stamps "Ex Bibliot : Rigens" to upper left margin; in very good condition. Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Fleischer, pseud. Artamos, Kreopola, Thearos (1777 - 1831) was a German author, translator, educator, and actor. At various times in his career he taught at the University of Konigsberg, published a journal, titled "Der Spiegel," and performed at theaters in Konigsberg, St. Petersburg, and Riga. He also ran a boarding house in the early 1800s in Riga and wrote poetry and theater reviews. Of his current poems, the first was an ode to the liberation of Russia from the country's French invasion, known as the Patriotic War of 1812. Written during the reign of Nicholas I, it proclaimed that the spirit of his brother Alexander (in power during the war) was looking down from the starry heights, sending good luck and blessings. The second one (unsigned, but attributed to Fleischer) commemorated the birthday of the son of Nicholas I - Aleksander II Nikolaevich, later to become Emperor of Russia, known as Alexander the Liberator for his emancipation of Russia's serfs. Not in OCLC, not in the trade (as of May 2021). Very good .

Keywords: Poetry, Germany, Russia, Romanovs


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