Friedrich Layriz

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Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Eduard Layriz , also Fridrich Layriz , Friedrich Layritz and Friedrich Lairitz (born January 30, 1808 in Nemmersdorf , † March 18, 1859 in Unterschwaningen ) was a German Lutheran pastor and hymnologist .

life and work

Friedrich Layriz came from a Franconian family. He was born the son of Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Layriz (* 1771), judicial officer in Weidenberg and civil adjunct in Bayreuth, and the daughter of the pastor in Nemmersdorf and lay doctor Johann Christoph Ulmer. He attended school in Bayreuth and studied Protestant theology at the universities of Leipzig and Erlangen . In Erlangen he was shaped by the Erlangen theology around Christian Krafft and Karl Georg von Raumer . He became a pastor, from 1837 to 1842 he performed the second parish service in St. John's Church in Hirschlach , then from 1842 as a preacher in St. Georgen (Bayreuth) . In 1846 he was transferred to Unterschwaningen after a literary dispute with the pastor Elias Sittig about the future Bavarian hymn book . In 1847 he married Louise Auguste Eleonore Freiin von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim (* Meiningen April 20, 1820, † Neuendettelsau March 26, 1874), daughter of Baron Dietrich von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim (1793–1867), Saxony- coburg-gotha. Minister of State, and Henriette (1793–1869) born. Baroness von Günderrode. Her son was Wilhelm Max Anton (* Unterschwaningen January 10, 1857, Protestant pastor and missionary, † Georgenholtz, Transvaal December 27, 1883)

Layriz's importance lies in the collection and rediscovery of pre- Enlightenment Lutheran chorales , which had largely been revised or completely forgotten, and their original polyrhythmic melodies. In 1844 he published the programmatic core of the German hymn from Luther to Gellert with 450 hymns, which was to have a great influence on the design of hymn books in Bavaria (1854), Germany and among German-speaking Lutherans in North America. The collection and the subsequent chorale books edited by Layriz were not historical-critical editions, but were intended for practical use. There are therefore additions and redesigns by Layriz, such as stanzas 3 and 4 of Es ist ein Ros sprung ( EG 30), which are sung in Protestant churches to this day .

Layriz was also active in the field of liturgy . He researched the worship service in the Reformation era and was responsible for the musical aspect of Wilhelm Löhe's agenda .

Works

  • CXVII Sacred melodies: mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries. Bläsing, Erlangen 1839.
2nd edition: Sacred melodies mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries in their original tones and rhythms: for use in schools and at home. Erlangen: Bläsing 1848
  • Open letter to the Protestant clergy of Bavaria on this side of the Rhine regarding the hymnal reform. Bayreuth 1843.
  • Core of the German hymn from Luther to Gellert. Nördlingen 1844 ( digitized version of the Greifswald University Library )
  • Core of German church chant: A collection by CC. Chants mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries in their original tones and rhythms with ancient harmony in four voices for use in church and house. CH Beck, Nördlingen 1844.
3. Edition. as: the core of German church chant, for use by Evangelical Lutheran congregations and families . CH Beck, Nördlingen 1854 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The liturgy of a complete main service according to the Lutheran type with advice on its restoration. Nördlingen: CH Beck 1849.
  • Liturgical chants for the Evangelical Lutheran main and secondary service. CH Beck, Noerdlingen 1855.
  • 225 melodies of German church chants: mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries, in their original rhythms and tones . MC Barthel, St. Louis 1865 ( digitized in the Google book search).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A Brief History of LCMS Hymnals ( Memento of March 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Edition D ; for the history of transmission see Michael Fischer (lit.)
personal data
SURNAME Layriz, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Layriz, Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Eduard (full name); Layriz, Fridrich; Layritz, Friedrich; Lairitz, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran pastor and hymnologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Nemmersdorf
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1859
Place of death Unterschwaningen