Carl Clewing

Theodor Rudolph Carl Clewing (22 April 188415 May 1954) was a German operatic tenor/heldentenor, stage and film actor, composer of the song Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag and professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

Life Born in Schwerin, Clewing originates from an old Westphalian Schulzengeschlecht, which is first mentioned in documents in 1486 on the Schulte-Klevinghof in the parish Pelkum. In his birthplace Schwerin, his father was the owner of the Löwenapotheke (Lion Pharmacy) there. Clewing studied in Prague and joined the Burschenschaft there, Constantia, which was absorbed into the Munich fraternity Sudetia in 1952. From 1909 he was an actor in Berlin and in 1911 he was appointed as a royal court actor, in the same year he made his film debut as a film actor in . At the outbreak of World War I he volunteered, was first runner and at the end of 1914 he belonged to the parliamentary group under the leadership of Achim von Arnim which called on Reims to hand over the theatre. Rudolf Binding has literally processed this episode in the story Wir fordern Reims zur Ubergabe auf. Later Clewing was also a fighter pilot and got to know Hermann Göring. During the war he was awarded several times and promoted to lieutenant.

Because of his artistic activity in front of front- and invalids troops of the Central Powers (see below Awards) he was active after the war again in Berlin as an opera singer but also as a film actor. In 1922 he became a guest lecturer and professor at the state conservatory of the Hochschule für Staats- & Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Detmold. In autumn 1922 he had an engagement as a heldentenor at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. In 1924/25 he took part in the Bayreuth Festival and sang Walter von Stolzing and Parsifal. During this time he also developed a small form of the , which is also called Clewing's Pocket Hunting Horn in his memory.

On 27 May 1938, Clewing gave a lecture on the subject of Singing and Speaking at the Reichsmusiktage. (published in association with Hans Felix Husadel, 1939) and Adlerliederheft. Feldausgabe des Liederbuches der Luftwaffe (1941) were placed on the list of literature to be excluded.

Family In 1923 Clewing married Elisabeth (Else) née Mulert in Berlin, adopted Arnhold, and widowed Kunheim, from whom he divorced in 1940. They had one son, Carl Peter (1924-1943, killed in action by Salerno).

Filmography 1911: 1913: 1913: 1913: 1914: 1917: 1920: Whitechapel. Eine Kette von Perlen und Abenteuern 1920: Sumurun 1920: The Raft of the Dead

Memberships Cooperative of German Stage Owners Prague Fraternity Constantia ca. 1904 Masonic Lodge "Durability" (1906) SS 1920 Altherrenverband der Berliner Burschenschaft Franconia, Berlin 1928. Burschenschaft Saxonia Hannoversch-Münden SS 1923 (as founding member) Fraternity Arminia Vienna WS 1927

Awards Iron cross (1914) II. und I. Klasse Wound Badge (1918) Golden medal of honor with swords of the House Order of Hohenzollern Golden medal for art & science on the ribbon of the House Order of Hohenzollern Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) Friedrich-August-Kreuz II and I. Class Saxe-Ernestine House Order II. Class with swords Cross for Merit in War War Merit Cross (Lippe) II. Class with swords Officer's Cross of Honor with swords a. R. Prussian medal for art & science at war Morian neck cross of the (Austrian) German Order of Knights Bulgarian Knight's Cross with K. on Ribbon and Order of Bravery , Commandeur Order of the Medjidie Grand Officer with star Gallipoli Star Spanish Order of Alphonse XIII; Star Legion of Honour Vol. II: Künstler. Winter, Heidelberg 2018,. Paul Weinrowsky: Frankenchronik. Geschichte der Berliner Burschenschaft Franconia. Zum 50. Stiftungsfeste. Altherrenverband der Berliner Burschenschaft Franconia, Berlin 1928.