Christian Schumann (poet)

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Christian Schumann ( pseudonym Rischitani Munschani ; born February 15, 1681 in Osterfeld , † 1744 in Pötewitz ) was a German Protestant pastor and poet of sacred songs .

Life

Schumann was the son of a shopkeeper . He attended the Thomas School in Leipzig and studied from 1701 at the University of Leipzig .

After the untimely death of his father, he financed his studies through scholarships and teaching. In 1708 he received the degree of Magister . From 1712 he earned his living as a tutor for noble families.

In 1721 he got his first job as a pastor and worked in Döschwitz and Kirchsteitz, both of which are now districts of the Kretzschau community . From 1736 he worked in Pötewitz, now part of Wetterzeube .

Schumann wrote some of his song texts under the pseudonym Rischitani Munschani and published them in collections such as The Heart of David singing a new song to the Lord or a new song rehearsal sanctified by God ( Naumburg 1721). August Jacob Rambach included Schumann's song The Lord, who rules me and leads me wonderfully in his anthology; the song is partly wrongly ascribed to Cyriacus Schneegass . Schumann's poems also include If you children of this earth come, you want to be happy one day .

Schumann died in Pötewitz in 1744.

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SURNAME Schumann, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munschani, Rischitani (pseusdonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1681
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterfeld
DATE OF DEATH 1744
Place of death Poetewitz