Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Blum, Carl

Blum, Carl. Born in 1788. A dramatic composer, guitarist, singer, and director of the opera at Berlin. He composed several operas, as "Claudine de Villa Bella," "Zoraide, ou In Pair de Granada," "Les Pages du Due Vend�mo," &c. Carl Blum was a great favorite with the German public.