Carl Herrmann was a German illusionist and magician.
33 Facts About Compars Herrmann
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Compars Herrmann was part of what has been referred to by some as the "first-family of magic".
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Compars Herrmann was the first in the family to gain fame as a conjurer.
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Alexander Compars Herrmann, who was 27 years younger than his brother Carl, became a world-famous magician.
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Samuel Compars Herrmann was a favorite of the Sultan of Turkey, who sent for the magician often.
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Compars Herrmann played small towns around from 1817 in Germany and moved his family to France.
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Compars Herrmann played institutes and lyceums of Paris and gave performances until 1855.
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Compars Herrmann taught his skills to his oldest son Compars, known as Carl.
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Compars Herrmann wore an imperial beard and handlebar moustache to perpetuate or enhance the Mephistopheles look.
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Compars Herrmann went to Fontainebleau with his classmates.
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Compars Herrmann had early success as a magician, but tried to please his father by earning a living away from the stage.
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Compars Herrmann was in his twenties when he was out of work and desperate for money.
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Compars Herrmann started off like all magicians today and that is with doing school shows.
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Compars Herrmann's career was interrupted by his services with the French Army.
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Compars Herrmann was most impressed by the many new illusions presented by the former watchmaker turned magician.
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Compars Herrmann finally earned enough to buy equipment for a three-hour production.
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Compars Herrmann bought most of his illusions from Robert-Houdin's trusted assistant LeGrande.
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Compars Herrmann took the pirated tricks to London and first appeared at the Adelphi Theatre.
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Compars Herrmann felt he was the Premier Prestidigitateur of France.
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Compars Herrmann was greeted by his fifteen brothers and sisters.
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Compars Herrmann was most taken in with the youngest Alexander.
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Compars Herrmann suspended his young brother before Czar Nicholas I The then nine-year-old acted as a blindfolded medium in the Second Sight.
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Compars Herrmann's father was ready to bring kidnap charges against him.
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Compars Herrmann taught him new moves that Carl picked up on his own.
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Compars Herrmann was thrilled that Alexander was an eager and willing student.
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Compars Herrmann promised Samuel to teach Alexander things other than magic.
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Compars Herrmann found that the audiences enjoyed these tricks better.
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Ullman arranged for the Compars Herrmann's to perform at the Academy of Music on 14th St The impresario told reporters that Prof.
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Compars Herrmann decided to have Alexander became a real part of Carl's show.
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Compars Herrmann needed money and the only way to pay his debts was to return to performing.
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Compars Herrmann was to return to Europe and Alexander to the United States.
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Professor Compars Herrmann died on June 8,1887, in Karlsbad in Germany.
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The Compars Herrmann name continued as Alexander's wife Adelaide became the first woman to win notable fame as a magician.