Klingemann, Carl

Klingemann, Carl, born at Limmer, Hanover, Dec. 2, 1798, was Secretary to the Hanoverian Legation in Berlin till 1828, when he was transferred to a similar position in London. He married, Aug. 10, 1845, the sister of Dr. Rosen the eminent Sanscrit scholar and Professor at University College, and was a man of great cultivation, considerable literary power, and a very rare judgment in music. Klingemann had been intimate with the Mendelssohns during his residence in Berlin, and when Felix came...