Johann Kreuser, Homerische Rhapsoden oder Rederiker der Alten
Kreuser surveys poetic improvisation throughout modern Europe, in Arabic cultures and in the ancient world, naming (in an endnote) several German improvisers who have been reviewed in recent periodicals. He considers improvised poetry and music a pleasant entertainment for the masses, a momentary pleasure that cannot measure up to Homer or to the productions of poets and orators when language and culture are in a more mature state.