Eduard Ebel
Eduard Ebel (born August 7, 1839 in Stargard , West Prussia, † January 30, 1905 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Protestant pastor, superintendent and poet. He was best known as the author of the winter song Leise trickelt der Schnee , which is still popular today , the text of which he published in 1895 under the title Christmas greeting .
Life
Ebel studied theology in Königsberg (Prussia) and became a member of the Germania fraternity there in the summer semester of 1857 . In 1863/64 he was senior helper ( candidate for a pastor ) at the Rauhen Haus in Hamburg , and from 1866–69 pastor at the Franco-German Protestant community in Beirut . He then became a preacher and pastor in the deaconess house in Königsberg. In 1872 he became pastor of the Protestant community in Graudenz and then Protestant superintendent in Halle (Saale) .
He was married to Anna geb. Roethe, a sister of the medievalist Gustav Roethe .
In 1955, daughter Eduard Ebels received an annual bonus of almost DM 10,000 from GEMA for Leise trickle der Schnee (the regular protection period was 50 years after the author's death).
Works
- Christmas in the Johanniter Hospital in Beirut in Syria. In: Wochenblatt der Johanniter-Ordens-Balley Brandenburg, Volume 10 (1869), No. 5, February 3, 1869, pp. 27-28 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Orient and Holy Scriptures: two lectures . Koenigsberg 1873.
- Brief history of the Protestant community in Graudenz. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Friedrichskirche . 1885.
- The social question and the gospel . 1892.
- A Christmas fairy tale . 1893.
- Collected poems . Gaebel, o. O. [Graudenz] 1895 ( scans on Wikimedia Commons ).
literature
- Eduard Ebel, a theologian from Prussian Stargard. In: The West Prussian. 68 (2016), No. 12, p. 17 f., ISSN 0043-4418 ( online ).
- Ebel, Eduard . In: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. 6th edition, volume 2. Reclam, Leipzig 1913, p. 85 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , p. 156.
Web links
- Literature by and about Eduard Ebel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Ebel, Eduard in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by Eduard Ebel in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
- Eduard Ebel on MusicBrainz (English)
- Eduard Ebel at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Lüdtke (Ed.): Nekrolog zu Kürschner Literature Calendar 1901-1935. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1936, column 145 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Rough House . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 16, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1908, p. 633 .
- ↑ a b Peter Meinhold (ed.): The exchange of letters (on the history of the brothers) (= Johann Hinrich Wichern , Complete Works. Volume 8). Luth. Verlag-Haus, Hannover 1980, ISBN 3-7859-0468-1 , p. 234 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Dorothea Ruprecht, Karl Stackmann (Ed.): Regesta on the correspondence between Gustav Roethe and Edward Schröder . Part 2. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-82509-9 , p. 959 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Gustav Ermecke: The social significance of intellectual property (= Society for Copyright eV, series of publications, volume 30). Vahlen, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1963, p. 25 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Erich Schulze: Copyright in music: as of June 1, 1965. De Gruyter, Berlin 1965, p. 13 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ebel, Eduard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor, superintendent and poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1839 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard , West Prussia |
DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1905 |
Place of death | Halle (Saale) |