Georg Christian Lehms

Georg Christian Lehms

Georg Christian Lehms (* 1684 in Liegnitz ; † May 15, 1717 in Darmstadt ) was a German poet . Pseudonym Pallidor .

Life

Lehms attended high school in Görlitz and then studied in Leipzig . At the end of 1710 he got a job as court poet and court librarian in Darmstadt , where he was appointed to the Princely Council before 1713 . He died of pulmonary tuberculosis at a young age .

In addition to the encyclopedia of Teutschlands gallant poets , which made him famous, he wrote “gallant” novels , opera libretti and several years of cantatas for the Darmstadt court services. Some of his cantata texts were set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach , Christoph Graupner and Gottfried Grünewald .

Works (selection)

• The unfortunate Princess Michal and the persecuted David . Hanover: Nicolaus Förster, 1707
• The Israelite Printzens Absolons and his princess sister Thamar State, life and hero story . Nuremberg: Zieger, 1710
• The singing praise of God in a year of devout and godly church music . Darmstadt: Johann Georg John, 1712
• The wise King Solomon, in a state and hero story . Hamburg and Leipzig: Johann von Wiering, 1712
• Germany's gallant poets . 2 parts, Frankfurt / Main: Samuel Tobias Hocker, 1714–15 (reprint Darmstadt 1966 and Leipzig 1973)

Bach cantatas based on texts by Lehms

• My sighs, my tears ( BWV 13)
• Lord God, we praise you, BWV 16
• Dearest Jesus, my desire (BWV 32)
• Mind and soul get confused (BWV 35)
• Resist sin (BWV 54)
• Blessed is the man (BWV 57)
• Let our mouth be full of laughter (BWV 110)
• Sweet consolation, my Jesus is coming (BWV 151)
• Hilarious rest, beloved lust for soul (BWV 170)
• My heart swims in blood (BWV 199)

Literature (selection)

• Liselotte Brögelmann: Studies on the narrative style in the idealistic novel . Dissertation, University of Göttingen 1953 (typewritten)
• Christiane Brokmann-Noorens: Female Education in the 18th Century. "Learned woman" and "agreeable wife" . Dissertation, University of Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-8142-0429-8 , pp. 66–70 ( full text )
• Alfred Dürr: The cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach . 6th edition. dtv, Munich / Bärenreiter, Kassel 1995
• Christoph Wolff (Ed.): The world of Bach cantatas . Special edition, 3 volumes. Metzler, Stuttgart / Bärenreiter, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-476-02127-0

List of works and references

• Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Georg Christian Lehms , in: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 4. Stuttgart: Hiersemann 1991, pp. 2576–88. ISBN 3-7772-9122-6

Web links

Wikisource: Georg Christian Lehms  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Georg Christian Lehms in the catalog of the German National Library
• Digitized prints by Georg Christian Lehms in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
• Texts of all Bach cantatas by number in the BWV