Blum, Carl 1786 - 07/02/1844

Carl Wilhelm August Blum (Also incorrectly noted as Karl Ludwig B.)
worked as a playwright, composer, actor and translator.
Blum was a pupil of Friedrich Adam Hiller and later Antonio Salieri. Later he became court composer of the ''Royal Court Opera'' in Berlin.
In this function he has made a name for himself with instrumental music and over 70 stage works.
He wrote works for guitar with flute (and violin) as well as music for guitar solo, including a guitar school (Op. 44 as an appendix to it).