Anna Barbara Urner

Anna Barbara Urner b. Welti (born January 12, 1760 in Kilchberg ZH ; † June 10, 1803 there ) was a Swiss poet .

life and work

Anna Barbara Urner was born as the daughter of the doctor Welti-Nägeli. In 1797 she married Johann Jakob Urner, a teacher at the Zurich orphanage. Johann Caspar Lavater , who preached at the wedding ceremony, was Anna Barbara Urner's literary role model; the two remained on friendly terms throughout their lives. After six years of childless marriage, Anna Barbara Urner, who was severely ill in the last years of her life, died at the age of 43.

Anna Barbara Urner's poetry, which focuses on nature and religious sentiment, has appeared in several anthologies . Urner is particularly remembered for her poem An die Abendsonne ("Goldne Abendsonne, how are you so beautiful") , written in August 1788 and published in 1798 in the anthology Neue Schweizerische Blumenlese published by Johannes Bürkli (1745–1804) . Sung to a melody composed by Hans Georg Nägeli around 1814 , it became popular with folk songs . In 1830 Christian Gottlob Barth rewrote the text.

Even Carl Loewe set to music the poem before 1829th Elisabeth von Herzogenberg created a piano song in the Nägelische Melodie and the text version by Christian Gottlob Barth. Franz Lehrndorfer created a four-part choral setting. The song was also quoted in Karl May's work . It inspired Karl Otto Hügin (1887–1963) for his mosaic mural To the golden evening sun in the “Guldisloo” schoolhouse in Wetzikon ZH and was illustrated by Georg Sluyterman von Langeweyde , among others , and also in a picture postcard by Friedrich Graef .

literature

L [udwig] E [Erk] : Manifold [Biographical Note]. In: Euterpe 6th year (1846), no. 4, p. 63 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Michael Fischer: Golden evening sun, how beautiful are you [song commentary]. 2005 (PDF; 894 kB)
Richard Frank: An almost forgotten Kilchberger personality - Barbara Urner-Welti (1760–1803). In: Kilchberger Gemeindeblatt , May 2013, p. 19 ( digitized version ( memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); PDF file; 3.4 MB)
Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1929, vol. 12, p. 54 .
Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . 3. Edition. Volume 30: Weiss-Widuwilt. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023159-5 , column 465 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Heinrich Urner: The poet of «Gold'ne evening sun». Sounds from the Zurich landscape from the previous century. In: Zürcher Taschenbuch on the year 1897. NF Vol. 29. Zurich 1897, pp. 53–80 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Urner, Anna Barbara in the International Music Score Library Project
Works by Anna Barbara Urner in the database deutscheslied.com
Songs by Anna Barbara Urner at The LiederNet Archive
Songs by Anna Barbara Urner in the Alojado song archive
Anna Barbara Urner at hymnary.org
Anna Barbara Urner at operone.de

Individual evidence

^ Franz Magnus Böhme : Popular songs of the Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1895, p. 179 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Max Friedlaender : The German song in the 18th century: sources and studies. Volume 2: Poetry. Cotta, Stuttgart / Berlin 1902, p. 371 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
^ Max Runze (ed.): Carl Loewes works: songs from the youth and children's songs. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1801, p. X ( digitized in the Google book search).
↑ Abendlied , No. 11 in: 24 Volkskinderlieder. Winterthur 1889 / Stuttgart 2014.
↑ DNB 1003998186
↑ Anna Barbara Urner in the Karl May Wiki
^ Claudia Fischer-Karrer, Eva Zangger: Art in architecture - examples from Zurich Oberland school buildings. In: Heimatspiegel , supplement to the Zürcher Oberländer , May 2014. P. 35 f.
↑ Figure ( Memento from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Golden evening sun, how beautiful are you. in the German Digital Library , accessed on January 4, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Urner, Anna Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Welti, Anna Barbara (maiden name); Urner-Welti, Anna Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss poet
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kilchberg ZH
DATE OF DEATH	June 10, 1803
Place of death	Kilchberg ZH

[1] Franz Magnus Böhme : Popular songs of the Germans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1895, p. 179 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Max Friedlaender : The German song in the 18th century: sources and studies. Volume 2: Poetry. Cotta, Stuttgart / Berlin 1902, p. 371 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).

[3] Max Runze (ed.): Carl Loewes works: songs from the youth and children's songs. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1801, p. X ( digitized in the Google book search).

[4] Abendlied , No. 11 in: 24 Volkskinderlieder. Winterthur 1889 / Stuttgart 2014.

[5] DNB 1003998186

[6] Anna Barbara Urner in the Karl May Wiki

[7] Claudia Fischer-Karrer, Eva Zangger: Art in architecture - examples from Zurich Oberland school buildings. In: Heimatspiegel , supplement to the Zürcher Oberländer , May 2014. P. 35 f.

[8] Figure ( Memento from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[9] Golden evening sun, how beautiful are you. in the German Digital Library , accessed on January 4, 2016.