David Elias Heidenreich

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Residential house in Weißenfels
Memorial plaque on the residential building in Weißenfels

David Elias Heidenreich (born January 21, 1638 in Leipzig , † June 6, 1688 in Weißenfels ) was a German poet , playwright and translator of the Baroque period .

Life

The poet was a son of the Leipzig lawyer Tobias Heidenreich and his wife, a daughter of the book printer-poet Gregor Ritzsch . Although he pursued a legal career following his father, his poetic talents were revealed early on as a maternal inheritance. After the death of his father, the thirteen-year-old was accepted into the house of the mayor and poet Christian Brehme in Dresden . He later attended high school in Halle (Saale) and in 1655 he enrolled at the law faculty in Wittenberg .

Even as a student, he made a living through translations and occasional poetry. After completing his studies, he went to court service in Weißenfels. In 1672 he was accepted into the Fruitful Society with the nickname "The Willing One" . He made a career at court as a court and consistorial councilor, and his numerous plays were premiered there. Heidenreich's "Geistliche Oden" (1665) were set to music by the Schütz student David Pohle .

Works (selection)

  • (Ex.) Joost van den Vondel : Revenge on Gibeon . Leipzig 1662
  • (Ex.) Pierre Corneille : Horatz or justified sister murder . Leipzig 1662
  • Spiritual odes to the most noble festivals and all Sundays of the whole year . Hall 1665
  • Heyrath makes peace, or he recognized Tuisco. Mourning joys game. Hall 1669
  • The amorous murderer Herod the great. Hall 1673

Literature (selection)

  • Ferdinand van Ingen: "The translation as a reception document. Vondel in Germany - Gryphius in Holland", in: Michigan Germanic Studies 4 (1978), 131-164
  • Egbert Krispyn: "David Elias Heidenreich", in: Daphnis 13 (1984), 275-298
  • Walther Killy: Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language. (15 volumes) Gütersloh; Munich: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl. 1988-1991 (CD-ROM Berlin 1998 ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ) vol. 5 p. 117
  • L .:  David Elias Heidenreich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 302.

Works and bibliography

  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : "David Elias Heidenreich (1638-1688)", in: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 3. Stuttgart: Hiersemann 1991, pp. 2083-88. ISBN 3-7772-9105-6

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personal data
SURNAME Heidenreich, David Elias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet, playwright and translator of the baroque period
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1688
Place of death Weissenfels