Jiří Třanovský

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Jiří Třanovský (Slovak Juraj Tranovský , Latinized Georgius Tranoscius , born March 27, 1592 in Teschen , † May 29, 1637 in Liptovský Mikuláš ) was a Czech hymn poet and composer .

Life

He was the son of Valentin Třanovský from Třanovice from Třanovice and his wife Hedvika Zentkovská from Smilovice . Třanovský attended schools in Guben and Kolberg from 1603 . In 1607 he began studying philosophy and theology at the University of Wittenberg . He worked as a teacher from 1611 a. a. at the St. Niklas Latin School on the Lesser Town in Prague and in 1615 became pastor in Valašské Meziříčí . In 1622 he fled to Silesia from the Counter Reformation . In 1625 he was chaplain in Oravský Podzámok and in 1631 pastor in Liptovský Mikuláš in Slovakia.

Works

Monument of Třanovský in Třanovice

In 1620 he translated the Augsburg Confession into Czech, published three volumes with Latin odes ( Odarum Sacrarum sive Hymnorum Libri III , 1629 ), the Czech prayer book Phiala odoramentorum ( 1635 ) and the Czech hymn book Cithara Sanctorum. Apocv. Pjſne Duchownj Staré y Nowé Kterychž Cyrkew Kreſtanſká pri Weyročnjch Slawnoſtech a Památkách Jakož y wewſſelikých potrebách ſwých obecnich yobwzlaſtnijch proſpechem mnohidýſım užsiv: Dr. M. Luthera wſſecky z Nnemecké reči do naſſi Slowanſké Preložené ( 1636 ) with over four hundred songs, of which he had composed around one hundred and fifty himself.

Commemoration

The May 29 is the calendar of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in America Třanovskýs Remembrance Day.

In 1946, a memorial plaque for Třanovský was placed on the Lesser Town Square in Prague. There are monuments in Třanovice , Teschen and Litovský Mikuláš.

literature

  • STÖKL, Walter: Georg Tranoscius, the greatest Lutheran song writer in Slovakia. In: A life for church and people, Stuttgart 1960, pp. 54–78.
  • PATZELT, Herbert: Czech songwriters in Cieszyn Silesia - Georg Tranoscius, Georg Joannides Frýdecký and Daniel Joannides Skočovský. Contributions to East German Church History, 1997, Vol. 2, pp. 21–28.
  • WOLFF, Hellmuth Christian: The spiritual odes of Georg Tranoscius and the ode compositions of humanism. Die Musikforschung, 1953, Vol. 6, pp. 300-313; 1954, Vol. 7, pp. 39-53.
  • KARGER, Viktor: An unknown portrait of Georg Tranoscius (Trzanowski), the "Slavic Luther". A contribution to the Silesian iconography. Věstník Zemského musea v Opavě - display of the State Museum in Opava (commemorative publication for the sixtieth birthday of EW Braum - Sborník k šedesátým narozeninám EW Brauna. Augsburg, Benno Filser, 1931), vol. 2, 1930, pp. 147-150.
  • HEIDUK, Franz: Oberschlesisches Literatur-Lexikon. Part 3. Q - Z. Heidelberg, Palatina Verlag, 2000, p. 139.

Web links

Commons : George Tranoscius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 29 May in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
personal data
SURNAME Třanovský, Jiří
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tranovský, Juraj; Tranoscius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech hymn poet and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1592
PLACE OF BIRTH Teschen
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1637
Place of death Liptovský Mikuláš