Christian Wilhelm Alers

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Christian Wilhelm Alers (born December 6, 1737 in Hamburg ; † June 3, 1806 in Uetersen ) was a German clergy poet , philosopher and preacher .

Life

Alers was born in Hamburg in 1737, he was a student of Georg Philipp Telemann at the Johanneum in Hamburg. There he wrote the work The Day of Judgment , which had its first performance in 1762. This song poem was one of the most popular sacred works of the time. Later he went to Rellingen , which belonged to the Pinneberg lordship, where he took over the position of pastor in the Rellingen church from 1768 to 1788 . During this time Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg placed him as a monastery preacher and chief pastor in Uetersen , where he gave his first sermon in the local monastery church in 1789 . During this time he emerged as a poet and published numerous poems and sermons in many newspapers and magazines in the Hamburg area. At the same time, the three-volume collection of poems about religion, the fatherland and friendship sung , which were later found in Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's library, was created. On the occasion of Klopstock's death, he wrote the poem To Klopstock , which appeared in 1803. In 1806 Christian Wilhelm Alers died in the monastery of Uetersen and left countless poems, sermons, songs and cantata texts for posterity, some of which are still widely recognized today.

Aler's grandson was the German lawyer and poet Wilhelm Ludwig Alers (1802–1869)

Works

  • The day of judgment (song poem in four reflections) (1761)
  • To my beloved bride, the demoiselle Anna Christina Rönchen (1770)
  • Sung poems of religion, the fatherland and friendship (1789)
  • To Klopstock (poem on the death of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock) (1803)

literature

  • Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock: Works and Letters, 36 Vols., Vol. 8, Letters (1783–1794)
  • Detlef Detlefsen : History of the Holstein Elbmarschen, (Page 471) (1891/92)
  • Markus Rathey: Communication and Discourse: The Citizen Captain Music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Hildesheim / New York 2009)

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personal data
SURNAME Alers, Christian Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1806
Place of death Uetersen , Duchy of Holstein , State of Denmark