Johann Christian Albrecht

Johann Christian Albrecht (through incorrect dissolution of JC also Joseph Christian Albrecht ; * 1716 in Altkirchen , † 1800 in Dornburg / Saale ) was a German music writer and Protestant pastor.

Life

Albrecht was the first deacon in Schmölln and 1780 in the then pastor to Saxe-Meiningen belonging Vierzehnheiligen , now part of Jena . During the Enlightenment, he was one of the pioneers in the alleged improvement of old church chants . In his two publications with a total of 123 rewrights, he attempted to bring the beautiful old songs back to life in a new form . Friedrich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen remarks that the author has an honest intention that is worthy of praise. His implementations have also brought the originals quite close to the poetic age, and have probably been included, but also on one page, as he expresses in the preliminary report on the addendum, and as it often happens in the critical, sometimes unreasonable world, has been criticized.

Fonts

Old Doctor of the Church, first of all Blessed Dr. Luther designed all church chants according to the pure dialect of today's Germans for use in house devotions. Jena; Rudolstadt: in commission of the privil. Rudolphic Bookshop 1784
Addendum to some songs: for his first rehearsal of the church hymns of the fathers , Dessau and Leipzig: to be found in the bookshop of the scholars, and by the author in 1784

literature

Georg Brückner : Albrecht, Jos. Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 321.
Heike Wennemuth: From the Latin hymn to the German hymn. On the history of the translation and reception of Christe qui lux es et dies. Tubingen; Basel: Francke 2003. Section 6.2.2, p. 231 f. ISBN 3-7720-2917-5 (also Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1999/2000)

Individual evidence

^ So Friedrich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen : Literature-History of Spiritual Songs and Poems of Modern Times. Schweinfurt 1797, p. 331; Eduard Bohn: Vierzehnheiligen in Thuringia: a contribution to the regional studies of the Duchy of S. Meiningen. Leipzig: Teubner 1858, p. 23
↑ So in the ADB
↑ so the ADB
^ Victor Hertel: History of the hymn in the S. Meiningische Landeskirche. Part 2: The hymn poets. In: Writings of the Association for Saxony-Meiningen Church History 49 (1904), pp. 1–39, here pp. 28f (with example)
↑ Friedrich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen: Literature-History of the Sacred Songs and Poems of Modern Times. Schweinfurt 1797, p. 331 with reference to the Erlanger learned newspaper

personal data
SURNAME	Albrecht, Johann Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Albrecht, Johann; Albrecht, Joseph Christian (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German music writer and Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH	1716
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altkirchen
DATE OF DEATH	1800
Place of death	Dornburg / Saale

[1] So Friedrich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen : Literature-History of Spiritual Songs and Poems of Modern Times. Schweinfurt 1797, p. 331; Eduard Bohn: Vierzehnheiligen in Thuringia: a contribution to the regional studies of the Duchy of S. Meiningen. Leipzig: Teubner 1858, p. 23

[2] So in the ADB

[3] so the ADB

[4] Victor Hertel: History of the hymn in the S. Meiningische Landeskirche. Part 2: The hymn poets. In: Writings of the Association for Saxony-Meiningen Church History 49 (1904), pp. 1–39, here pp. 28f (with example)

[5] Friedrich Ferdinand Traugott Heerwagen: Literature-History of the Sacred Songs and Poems of Modern Times. Schweinfurt 1797, p. 331 with reference to the Erlanger learned newspaper