Christian Heinrich Schreyer
Christian Heinrich Schreyer (born December 24, 1751 in Dresden , † January 24, 1823 in Ortrand ) was a German Protestant pastor and composer of church music.
Life
Schreyer was born as the son of the bricklayer and Hoffeuerwächter Heinrich Schreyer (1715–1766) and his wife Euphrosine Eleonore. Grumbach († 1757) born. He first attended the Ehrlich School in Dresden and was accepted as a choir student in the Dresden Annenschule on June 2, 1762 . During this time, I wrote my first own compositions. He passed the candidate exam on May 15, 1775 and studied theology in Wittenberg until Easter 1776 . In the following years he worked as a private tutor and court master in Dresden. Furthermore, he took over sermons for country pastors in the area.
It was not until 1801 that he received his first pastorate. He became pastor and adjunct in Ortrand. On March 13, 1801, he gave his inaugural sermon here. In the same year he married Charlotte Markendorf (1764-1839) from Dresden.
Christian Heinrich Schreyer died in Ortrand in 1823. He and his wife are buried in the Ortrander Jakobskirche , the former parish and later burial church of the city. Their communal tombstone can be found at the south entrance of the church, which has now been walled up.
Work (selection)
Schreyer is the author of poems, theological writings and composer of church music. He wrote about 40 church pieces. Many of his writings did not go to print or did not stand the test of time. Furthermore, he is considered to be the author of a chronicle of the city of Ortrand published in Großenhain in 1852 .
Fonts
- Complete Book of Communion , 1779
- Short and complete arithmetic book about the 5 species and rule De Tri , Dresden 1783
- Catechetical Explanation of the Gospels , 1785
- Joseph Buttler's Agreement of Natural and Revealed Religion , 1787
- Brief introduction to Christian doctrine and morals , 1789
- On the value of the new prophets, with the Chronostichon on the Superintenden Typke , 1800
- New thoroughbass school, or spirit of simplified principles of the thoroughbass ... , 1821
- Chronicle of the city of Ortrand . Volume 1, Haffner Publishing House, Großenhain 1852 ( digitized version )
- Experiences of a student of Ann 1758 - 1772 . In: Dresden history sheets . tape 70 , 1907, pp. 153-184 .
- Bombardment of Dresden and fire at the Kreuzkirche in 1760 . In: The old Dresden . 1925, p. 27-32 .
Compositions
- Thank the Lord for he is kind , late 18th century.
- Send you my spirit , end of the 18th century.
literature
- German Biographical Archive (DBA) I, III;
- German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), Volume 9, p. 214
- JGA Klänke (ed.): Newest learned Dresden , Leipzig 1796
- H. Mendel, A. Reissmann: Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon , Volume 9, Berlin , 1878, Col. 154 f.
- O. Richter : The experiences of an Annenschülers from 1758-1772 , in: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter 16/1907, No. 3, pp. 153-184
- G. Schilling (ed.): Encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences , Vol. 6, Stuttgart 1840
- The Music in Past and Present (MGG), Volume 12, Col. 76
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. tape 16 . De Gruyter, Berlin, New York, Boston 1995 (founded by Wilhelm Kosch).
- ↑ a b c d Regine Schreier: Schreyer, Christian Heinrich in: Sächsische Biografie , ed. from the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore e. V., arr. by Martina Schattkowsky, online edition ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 19, 2017
- ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), Volume 9, p. 214
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schreyer, Christian Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor and composer of church music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1823 |
| Place of death | Outskirts |