Georg Mylius (poet)
Georg Mylius (born March 1, 1613 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † October 18, 1640 in the village of Brandenburg am Frischen Haff , today the Russian Uschakowo) was a German poet and Protestant theologian .
Life
The son of the Königsberg professor Georg Mylius , he studied at the university of his hometown, moved to the University of Wittenberg and obtained the academic degree of a master’s degree there in 1637 . In 1639 he took over a position as pastor in Brandenburg am Frischen Haff, where he worked until the end of his life.
As one of the youngest members of the Königsberg poets' circle alongside Christoph Kaldenbach and Jonas Daniel Koschwitz , he moved in the influential circle of Martin Opitz , Simon Dach and Heinrich Albert . His poems often appeared in separate individual prints, some of which were set to music by Albert Stobäus and Johann Stobäus . He is the author of the death song, Lord, I think of that time , which was printed in 1640.
Mylius had married Anna, the daughter of the deacon of the cathedral church Georg Colbius, on February 6, 1640 in Königsberg. The marriage remained childless.
literature
- Carl von Winterfeld: Protestant church singing and its relationship to the art of composition ...
- Friedrich Beissner: German baroque poetry. In: Hans Steffen (Hrsg.): Form Forces of German Poetry. Göttingen 1963, pp. 52-54
- Alfred Kelletat (ed.): Simon Dach and the Königsberg poet circle. Stuttgart 1986, pp. 263-267, 300
- Ulrich Maché: Mylius, Georg. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works in German (15 volumes). Gütersloh, Munich: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl., 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ), Vol. 8, p. 321
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mylius, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet and Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1613 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1640 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg on the Havel |