Carl (Compars) Herrmann (1816–1887) was a German illusionist and magician. He was part of what has been referred to by some as the "first-family of magic"...

Classic Pass. The sleight is named after Alexander Herrmann or his brother Compars (Carl) Herrmann and one of the earliest publications of the move was...

birth of his eldest son, Compars, in 1816 in Hanover, Germany, he decided to settle down to continue his practice. Samuel Herrmann played small towns around...

as John Henry Anderson, Robin, Robert Heller, and Compars Herrmann. It is not known whether Herrmann or the others bought the illusions directly from LeGrand...

he found that almost all of his répertoire was being performed by Compars Herrmann at the Théâtre Royal. Nevertheless, Robert-Houdin continued to use...

speaker. However, after watching a performance of the illusionist Compars Herrmann, Papa changed his mind. In 1866, he gave his first performance in Rotterdam...

of his competitors like The Great Wizard of the North, Robin, and Compars Herrmann. It is not known whether Anderson or the others bought the illusions...

Fischer also previously had studied with A. Fredmar the only pupil of Compars Herrmann. Fischer confessed that he did not find a lot of personal information...

In 1852 she married the celebrated prestidigitator and magician Carl "Compars" Hermann. The opera singer and actress Blanche Corelli was their daughter...

Chapters 8-10 are about Georges Méliès, John Nevil Maskelyne, and Compars and Alexander Herrmann. In chapter 11, Randi describes the bullet catch trick and its...