Heinrich Elmenhorst
Heinrich or Hinrich Elmenhorst (born October 19 . Jul / 29. October 1632 greg. In Parchim , † 21st May 1704 in Hamburg ) was a German theologian , hymn writer and author of opera libretti .
Life
Although he was born in Parchim, Elmenhorst was a child from Hamburg's parents, and it was also in Hamburg where he would spend all of his later life. In 1650 he matriculated in Jena to begin his studies in Lutheran theology , which he later continued in Wittenberg and Leipzig . As a Leipzig student, he wrote his shepherd's play Rosetta in 1653 .
Throughout his life he knew how to combine his theological profession with a love of the theater, and culturally open Hamburg offered him this opportunity. In 1660 he was appointed deacon (second pastor) of the Katharinenkirche , which gave him the opportunity to test his inclination for music in his own home. His sermons , hymns and singspiele were set to music by Hamburg composers such as Georg Böhm , Johann Philipp Förtsch , Johann Wolfgang Franck , Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuß and Johann Theile .
Elmenhorst is considered to be one of the co-founders of the oldest bourgeois German opera house, the famous Hamburg Opera on Gänsemarkt , for which he wrote and translated several libretti along with other poets such as Friedrich Christian Bressand , Barthold Feind , Johann Ulrich von König and Christian Heinrich Postel (e.g. B. Polyeucte by Pierre Coerneille ). As a result of this activity he was directly involved as a theologian in the first Hamburg theater controversy, which prompted him to publish his important defensive text , Dramatologia , in 1688 .
Selection of works
- Rosetta. Schaefferey . Leipzig 1653
- Orontes. The lost and found again ... Prince. Hamburg 1678
- The Wol and ever-loving Michal. Hamburg 1679
- Spiritual songs . Hamburg 1681 (100 songs with notes)
- Charitine, or Divine Beloved. Hamburg 1681
- Spiritual hymn book . Hamburg 1685
- Dramatologia… report of those opera plays. Hamburg 1688
- Spirit-rich songs. Luneburg 1700
Literature (selection)
- Anette Guse: On a poetology of love in the Hamburg Opera textbooks : A case study on Heinrich Elmenhorst, Christian Friedrich Hunold and Barthold Feind. Diss. Queen's Univ., Kingston, Canada.
- Richard Klages: Johann Wolfgang Franck . Dissertation Hamburg 1937.
- Hellmuth Christian Wolff: The baroque opera in Hamburg . Möseler, Wolfenbüttel 1957.
- Friedrich Wilhelm cell: Johann Wolfgang Franck, a contribution to the history of the oldest German opera. Berlin 1981.
- Walther Killy : Literature Lexicon: Authors and works in the German language. 15 volumes. Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1988–1991 Vol. 3, p. 238. (CD-ROM Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 )
- Karl Rudolf Wilhelm Klose : Elmenhorst, Hinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 60.
- Kate Lorenzen: Elmenhorst, Hinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 461 ( digitized version ).
List of works and references
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Heinrich Elmenhorst (1632-1704). In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints. Vol. 2. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7772-9027-0 , pp. 1419-1426.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Elmenhorst in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by and about Heinrich Elmenhorst in VD 17 .
- Digitized prints by Heinrich Elmenhorst in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elmenhorst, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elmenhorst, Hinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian, hymn poet and writer of opera libretti |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parchim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1704 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |