Albert Stimming

Albert Stimming, 1909

Albert Stimming (born December 17, 1846 in Prenzlau , † July 3, 1922 in Göttingen ) was a German Romanist .

Life

Stimming studied linguistics in Berlin with Adolf Tobler , in Bonn with Friedrich Diez and in Lüttich . He completed his studies in Göttingen in 1869 with a doctorate on François Villon as Dr. phil. from. In 1870 Stimming passed his state examination in Berlin and then taught at various schools in Berlin and Kiel . In 1872 he became a teacher of French, English and Italian at the Imperial Naval Academy in Kiel. In 1873 Stimming completed his habilitation in Romance studies at the University of Kiel . In 1874/75 he went on a study trip to Italy . In 1876 he became associate professor, from 1879 full professor for Romance studies at the University of Kiel. From 1892 Stimming taught at Göttingen University until his retirement in 1921.

Services

Stimming was mainly active in the field of textual criticism , syntax and literature of the Middle Ages .

After his dissertation had dealt with the life and work of François Villons, Stimming turned to Provencal literature, which remained his real research area for over two decades. In 1873 he published the songs Jaufré Rudels and in 1879 the songs Bertrans de Born . With his book Girart by Rossillon in 1888, Stimming made an important contribution to the history of this linguistic monument, as well as to the question of the origin of the heroic epics in general. His history of Provencal literature , which appeared in 1897, can be regarded as a kind of conclusion to his Provencal work .

After that, Stimming shifted the focus of his scientific work to the old French area. All of his subsequent major publications were text editions. First the Anglo- Norman Boeve de Haumtone appeared in 1899 , followed by the motet of the Bamberg song manuscript (1906) and finally, the last and most extensive work, his five-volume edition of the three continental versions of the Bueve de Hantone (1911–1920).

Tuning's smaller works, mostly published in magazines, dealt mainly with historical syntax, occasionally also with phonological questions.

Works (selection)

• The troubadour Jaufré pack. His life and works . August Hettler, Berlin 1873.
• Bertran de Born. His life and works . Niemeyer, Halle / Saale 1879, 2nd verb. Edition 1913.
• History of Provencal Literature , in: Gustav Gröber (Ed.): Grundriß der Romanischen Philologie II, 2. Karl J. Tübner, Strasbourg 1897, pp. 1-69.
• Over the Provencal Girart by Rossillon. A contribution to the history of the development of folk epics . Niemeyer, Halle / Saale 1888.
• The Anglo-Norman Boeve de Haumtone . Niemeyer, Halle / Saale 1899.
• The old French motet from the Bamberg manuscript . Society for Romance Literature, Dresden 1906.
• The mainland Bueve de Hantone . Society for Romance Literature, Dresden 1911–20 (5 volumes).

literature

• Walther Suchier : Albert Stimming † . In: Journal for Romance Philology 42 (1922/23), pp. 513-515.

Web links

Commons : Albert Stimming  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Albert Stimming  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Albert Stimming in the catalog of the German National Library