Andreas Tscherning

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Andreas Tscherning (born November 18, 1611 in Bunzlau ; † September 27, 1659 in Rostock ) was a German lyric poet , hymn poet and literary theorist who succeeded Martin Opitz .

Life

Tscherning was born in Bolesławiec (now Bolesławiec ). He attended grammar school in Görlitz and continued his education in Breslau from 1631 to 1635 . From 1635 to 1636 he studied philology and philosophy at the University of Rostock on a scholarship from his hometown. He then earned his living as a tutor in Wroclaw. He was significantly supported here by the poet-composer Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern . In 1641 he delivered the first German translation of an Arabic poem with the “Sprüche Alis” ( “Centuria Proverbiorum Alis Imperatoris Muslemici distichis Latino-Germanicis expressa from Andrea Tscherningio Cum Notis brevioribus” ). As a result he returned to Rostock, where he finished his studies with the master’s examination and from 1644 became Professor of Poetry as the successor to Peter Lauremberg . He emerged as a poet, the volumes “Deutscher Gedichte Frühling” from 1642 and “Vorrab des Sommers deutscher Getichte” from 1655 earned him the title of a “German Horace ”. Lasting impact was his poetics "Unvorgreifliches concerns about some abuses in the German writing and language arts, insonderheit the noble Poeterei" from the year 1659. Some of his poems were included in Protestant church hymnals, especially the song You shall in all things with God the Start .

Reading sample

A tree speaks to people.
What did autumn take with it
Can I get new again /
When does spring's father blow;
Human / you get desire
Don't restore your mind
When he leaves you.
Make my strong Wurtzeln
That I like to laugh at the wind:
You, however, sink down
When only a little over the field
The weather is not the same /
or angry stew.
Once I stayed well /
And stayed free for harm /
So I insist for a long time:
But you are meyed
Often in your springtime /
When you were born.

Literature (selection)

  • Hans-Heinrich Borcherdt: Andreas Tscherning. A contribution to the literary and cultural history of the 17th century . Munich 1912.
  • Ulrich Bornemann: Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert and Tscherning . In: Daphnis 19 (1990), pp. 493-509.
  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Andreas Tscherning (1611–1659) . In: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 6. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7772-9305-9 , pp. 4103-4134 (list of works and references).
  • Renate Hildebrandt-Günther: Ancient rhetoric and German literary theory in the 17th century. Marburg 1966.
  • Max Hippe:  Tscherning, Andreas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 714-716.
  • Grantley McDonald: The Emblem of Melancholy in Seventeenth-Century Germany: Andreas Tscherning's "Melancholey Redet Himself" . In: Andrea Sieber, Antje Wittstock (ed.): Melancholie - between attitude and discourse. Concepts in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89971-519-4 , pp. 95-118.
  • Susanne Schulte:  Andreas Tscherning. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 649-655.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Tscherning, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and literary theorist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1611
PLACE OF BIRTH Bunzlau
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1659
Place of death Rostock