Johann Friedrich Schink
Johann Friedrich Schink (born April 29, 1755 in Magdeburg , † February 10, 1835 in Sagan ) was a German librettist, theater poet, dramaturge, critic and librarian.
Live and act
The Magdeburg silk merchant Johann Gottfried Schink and his wife Catharina Elisabeth, née Böhme, won Johann Samuel Patzke - a friend of the house - as a private tutor for their son Johann. The boy also attended the Magdeburg education center . From 1773 Johann Schink studied theology at the University of Halle . In 1776 he left his theological career once and for all and went to Berlin as a young poet . He is said to have written the tragedy Adelstan and Röschen based on Ludwig Hölty's ballad there in two days. After the Berlin performance, critics became aware of the newcomer to the industry. For the performance of Gianetta Montaldi in Hamburg in 1778 Johann Schink won the prize money of at least twenty Friedrich d'or . In 1778 he pulled in his drama Marionetten-Theater over the six years older Herr Doktor Göthe . In 1779 he wrote librettos for the theater director Johann Nouseul (1747–1821) in Hanover and in 1780 he moved to Vienna . There Johann Schink got the wrong address from his colleague Cornelius Hermann von Ayrenhoff , moved south and stayed in Graz for a few years . In his novel Das Theater zu Abdera , he mocks the Austrian theater of those years.
Friedrich Ludwig Schröder called Johann Schink in 1789 as librettist and dramaturge at the Hamburg theater. In 1792 he retired due to lack of success as a theater poet. His 1804 Faust also failed .
Johann Schink had already moved to Ratzeburg in 1797 and to Rellingen in 1806 . After his friend Schröder's death in 1816, he wanted to gain a foothold again in Berlin - the starting point of his career as a poet. Even Prince von Hardenberg could not help, but Elisa von der Recke successfully mediated: From 1819 Johann Schink received an annual salary from Dorothea von Kurland in Löbichau . After her death in 1821, her daughter, the Duchess of Sagan , made him her librarian.
Works (selection)
Dramaturgy and criticism
- 1778 About Brockmann's Hamlet . OCLC 50893836
- from 1781 dramaturgical fragments . archive.org
- 1783 Grätzer Theaterchronik (also: Grazer Teaterchronik ), dramatic and other sketches, together with letters about theater in Vienna . OCLC 248297835
- 1788 The theater in Abdera . OCLC 50893910
- from 1795 characteristics Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . OCLC 19363173
Pieces
- 1776 Berlin: Libretto on Adelstan and Röschen. A tragedy in 2 acts with singing (music: Johann Christian Ohlhorst [1753–1812]). OCLC 256636075
- 1777 Hamburg: “Gianetta Montaldi. A tragedy in five acts ” . staatsbibliothek-berlin.de
- 1778 Vienna, Berlin and Weimar: Hanswurst from Salzburg with the wooden gat. Historical drama in three acts . zeno.org
- 1778 Lina von Waller , OCLC 50893815 - Drama: Marionette Theater OCLC 76906014
- 1782 Graz: The new Doctor Faust. A plaisanterie with singing, in two acts . online at Zeno.org
- 1783 The tamed Widerbellerinn or Gasner der Zweyte . OCLC 19243370
- 1783 The comedy rehearsal, or the Impressar in a thousand fears. An occasional rogue in one act
- 1790 according to Congreve : The Passions. A tragedy
- from 1799 moral poetry
- 1804 Johann Faust, dramatic fantasy , OCLC 50894002 - Romantic stories , ub.uni-heidelberg
- 1811 Chants of Religion . OCLC 165747375
- 1816 Satan's bastard. A series of dramatic scenes from contemporary history from 1812–1814 . OCLC 830965226
Translator - Shakespeare German
- 1790 Coriolan. A tragedy
Appreciation
Horst Kötz writes that Johann Schink's pieces may have hit the taste but not the spirit of the time, but his writings on the history and theory of German theater - written in Lessing's spirit - have survived.
literature
- Franz Brümmer : Schink, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 297 f.
- Graz theater chronicle by Schink. First issue. Graz 1783 . In: Helmut W. Lang (Ed.): Austrian retrospective bibliography. Series 3, Austrian Journals 1704–1945 . Volume 1 Bibliography of Austrian magazines 1704–1850: A – L. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-23380-9 , p. 312.
- Bernhard Jahn, Alexander Košenina (ed.): Johann Friedrich Schink (1755-1835). Dramaturg - stage poet - theater critic (= Hamburg contributions to German studies, 62) . Publisher Peter Lang, Berlin 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Friedrich Schink in the catalog of the German National Library
- Schink, Johann Friedrich Entry at Zeno.org
- Johann Friedrich Schink in the Internet Archive
- Libretti by Johann Friedrich Schink in the DFG opera project
- Puppet Theater ( Wikisource )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Hölty: Adelstan and Röschen online .
- ↑ Ludwig Geiger : From rare and forgotten books: Schink: Marionette theater . In: Goethe-Jahrbuch , Volume 6 (1885), pp. 356–358
- ↑ Johann Nouseul
- ↑ January 20, 1785 Review of Gianetta Montaldi in the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung
- ↑ Horst Kötz: Schink, Johann Friedrich .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schink, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fritz Grillengroll (pseudonym); Schink, Johann F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librettist, theater poet, dramaturge, critic and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1835 |
| Place of death | Sagan |