Albrecht Jakob Zell

Albrecht Jakob Zell (born May 6, 1701 in Hamburg ; † March 10, 1754 in Stadthagen ) was a German lawyer , librettist , poet and librarian .

Life

Zell grew up in Hamburg and studied law in Jena . After completing his studies, he can be verified in Glückstadt . He must have been in Hamburg in 1730/1731, as he wrote texts for Georg Philipp Telemann's church music years , which are known in music literature as "Zelleschen" or "oratorical" years.

He then moved to Bückeburg and found a job there in the office of Count zu Schaumburg-Lippe . In this function he was also the first court librarian in schaumburg-Lippe.

From 1739, Zell studied again and returned to Bückeburg in 1741 and soon after changed to the rectorate of the city school of Stadthagen.

In addition to the libretti for oratorio, he also wrote poems that are printed in Christian Friedrich Weichmann's "Poesie der Niedersachsen" .

Works (selection)

• Christian Friedrich Weichmann: Poetry of Lower Saxony, or, by all means, mostly never-before-printed poems by the most famous Lower Saxons, especially some respectable members of the Teutsch-practicing society that previously flourished in Hamburg. Volume 1-3. Kiszner, Hamburg 1721–1726.

• The loss of entrusted letters of congratulations to ... Monsieur Evers ... and Mademoiselle Fabricia, with a happy relationship with Dero, wanted to excuse and replace as best as possible. A devoted servant. Gennagel Hamburg 1723.

• The one who saved Daniel from the den of lions. (Oratorio for the Michaelis Festival) Composer: Georg Phillipp Telemann 1731. (First performance in Hamburg's St. Petri Church ).

• Conversion of the Roman captain Cornelius (oratorio) Composer: Georg Phillipp Telemann 1731.

• Praise be to the Lord. Oratorio for St. John's Day. Composer: Georg Phillipp Telemann 1731. TVWV 1: 602/1216

• Passion Oratorio "Get up, be light!".

• Awakened discipleship to earthly pleasure in God consisting of physical and moral poems. With a preface by Johann Albert Fabricius , Hamburg 1735.

• Outbreak of righteous joy at the issue of the awakened discipleship to the Jewish pleasure in God, consisting of ... Poems by Sr. Hoch-Edlen, Mr. Albrecht Jacob Zells. Hamburg 1735.

• Christ three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Or: Written explanation of the words of our Heylandes Matth. 12, 40 / By special request, given by Albrecht Jacob Zell, Rev. Minist. Cand. and Hoch-Gräflich-Schauenburg-Lippischem Bibliothecario. Buckeburg: Althans, 1741

• Explanation of the words of the Savior, Matt. XII, 40. Buckeburg 1741.

• The Schauenburg jubilee festival, as Count Wilhelm Friederich Ernst zu Schauenburg ... indicated in a poem. 1748.

• The sanctuary ... Albrecht Wolfgangs, Count of Schauenburg ... accompanied the shrine and meal of honor of Count Albrecht Wolfgang zu Schaumburg ... / Albrecht Jacob Zell with a funeral music. 1748.

• The believers as kings of God here and there with the ... death of ... Charl. von Münchhausen drilled from Karlingen ... Althaus Bückeburg, 1752.

• Reusel Lexicon 15,383; Thiess II. 308. Schmersahl. New messages from recently deceased scholars II.836; Ham. Reports of the most recent things learned on 1754. 250.

Literature (selection)

• Hermann Kühn; Michael Mahn; Johannes Marbach; Harald Weigel; Else M Wischermann (Hrsg.): Hamburg literary life in the 18th century, a directory of the holdings of the State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky. Verlag Traugott Bautz, Herzberg 1994. ISBN 978-3-88309-052-8

• Kühlmann, Wilhelm (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon: Authors and Works of the German-speaking Cultural Area by Walter De Gruyter Incorporated Berlin 1988–1993 p. 542.

Web links

• Short review of the oratorio "Daniel saved from the lions' den"