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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' 4 July 1715 | '''Born:''' 4 July 1715 | ||
'''Died:''' 13 December 1769 | '''Died:''' 13 December 1769 | ||
'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
Gellert taught philosophy at Leipzig, while writing novels and comedies as well as verse. C. P. E. Bach, Joseph Haydn and Beethoven set substantial parts of his ''Odes and Hymns'', while Tchaikovsky's ''Kukushka'' is drawn from an imitation of Aesop. | |||
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{{LyricistSettingsList}} | {{LyricistSettingsList}} | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
*''Fabeln und Erzählungen'', 1746 (part ii 1748) | |||
*''Geistliche Oden und Lieder'', 1758 | |||
*''Gellert's Fables and Other Poems.'' Translated by J. A. Murke (London: 1851) | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_author_texts.html?AuthorId=941 Gellert checklist] at Lieder.net | |||
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[[Category:Lyricists]] | [[Category:Lyricists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:13, 15 January 2021
Life
Born: 4 July 1715
Died: 13 December 1769
Biography Gellert taught philosophy at Leipzig, while writing novels and comedies as well as verse. C. P. E. Bach, Joseph Haydn and Beethoven set substantial parts of his Odes and Hymns, while Tchaikovsky's Kukushka is drawn from an imitation of Aesop.
View the Wikipedia article on Christian Fürchtegott Gellert.
Settings of text by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
- Abendlied zu Gott (Joseph Haydn)
- Aus dem Danklied zu Gott, Hob. XXVc:8 (Joseph Haydn)
- Bitten, Op. 48 No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Bußlied (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
- Bußlied, Op. 48, No. 6 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Jesus lives! thy terrors now (Henry J. Gauntlett)
- Oft klagt mein Herz, wie schwer es sei (Hermann Finck)
- So jemand spricht: Ich liebe Gott (Stefan Obendorf)
- St Albinus (Andrew Sims)
- Wider den Übermut, Hob. XXVc:7 (Joseph Haydn)
- Wie groß ist des Allmächt’gen Güte (Justin Heinrich Knecht)
Publications
- Fabeln und Erzählungen, 1746 (part ii 1748)
- Geistliche Oden und Lieder, 1758
- Gellert's Fables and Other Poems. Translated by J. A. Murke (London: 1851)
External links
- Gellert checklist at Lieder.net