Johann Georg Glauche

Text sheet of the opera "Otto" for which Glauche wrote the libretto

Johann Georg Glauche also Johann Georgius Glauche, Johann Georg Glauch (* before 1699 in Wurzen , † after 1745 in Hamburg ) was a German theologian , librettist and writer .

Life

Glauche studied theology and went to Hamburg, where he was accepted as a candidate for the ministry on November 22, 1715, but was dismissed in 1724 because of “poor lifestyle”. In 1732 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor in Harburg , after which he can be traced back to Hamburg, where he probably also died. He wrote libretti for the composers Johann Mattheson , Reinhard Keizer , Georg Philipp Telemann and Matthias Christoph Wiedeburg .

Works (selection)

• The victorious Gideon: was, because of the Rom. Kayserl. Majesty Carl VI. lucky weapons under the valiant leadership of the noble Prince Eugenii again the hereditary enemy on August 16, 1717. marvelous victory fought and then the handover of the main fortress of Belgrade at the most solemn inspection of the on the XVIII. post Trinity as the Hamburg Danck Festival in the Stiffts Church, prescribed on Sept. 26, performed by Mattheson . Hamburg 1717. (Oratorio) Music by Johann Mattheson.
• The reforming John: on the ... second jubilee celebration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church ... d. October 31. Performed musically in the cathedral church there in 1717 . (Oratorio) Music by Johann Mattheson.
• The hilarious longing of the loving Sulamith: in a newly made oratorio comp. and performed in Hamburg in 1718 . (Oratorio) Music by Matthias Christoph Wiedeburg.
• Quum Viro Perquam Reverendo, Clarissimo atque Doctissimo M. Hartwig Bambamio, Diacono Ecclesiæ, quæ Hamburgi ad D. Petri & Pauli est, Dignissimo, Postridie Id. Decembr. Ann. M DCC XXIII. Ordines Sacri Solemni Ritu Conferrentur, Ipsi Novum Hoc Munus Gratulaturus, De Loco Ps. CXIX, 109. Pauca Quædam Disserit Jo. Georgius Glauche, RMHC & Verbi Divini Administer ad D. Jacobi . Gennagel, Hamburgi 1723.
• De Annuli pronubi Antiquitate Judaica commentatio ad illustrandum locum Gen. XXXVIII. 18th: nuptiis… Joann. Christophori Kisneri, cum Catharina Gertrude Kirstenia, Hamburgi IV. Calend. Decembr. cIɔ Iɔcc XXIV. celebratis / sacrata a Jo. George. Glauchio . Typis Georgii Dieterici Spiringii, Hamburgi 1724.
• Ad Virum ... M. Herman. Samuel. Reimarum, Lycei Wismariensis Rectorem dignissimum, obitum Parentis optimi, Viri… Nicolai Reimari, Johannei Hamburgensis Collegae IVti meritissimi, acerbe lugentem, de Hebraeorum ac Aegyptiorum Entaphiasmō quaedam disserit Jo. George. Glauche . Literis Spiringianis, Hamburgi 1624 [i. e. 1724].
• Christian memory of all the gentlemen's censors of the innocent patriot . Hamburg 1724.
• The patriot ketechism, or that explained by question and answer u. Hamburg patriot proven from the incomparable moral doctrine of the righteous biblical patriot Sirach . Hamburg 1724.
• JNJ texts on music, on Michaelmas feast 1725. in the church of St. Petri (where a new altar was also consecrated) in Hamburg / performed by Georg Philipp Telemann, Chori Musici Director . Hamburg Beneke, 1725.
• The brief history of the dispute over Oster-Feyer bit the present time: in particular, what was discussed in this matter at the Reichstag in Regenspurg is described in detail, and from which Actis Publicis is explained / by Jo. George . Glauchen Hamburg: Wiering, 1725.
• The overthrown Pharaoh or the redemption of the people of Israel from Egyptian servitude. Introduced in an oratorio with a poetic pen, etc .; afterwards brought into music u. Performed in Hamburg by Matthias Christoph Wiedeburg . Hamburg 1725.
• Libretto for the opera Otto . (after Nicola Francesco Haym, Ottone, re di Germania, London 1723) Music: Georg Philipp Telemann after Georg Friedrich Händel HWV 15 / TWV 22: 3. Hamburg 1726 .
• Europe strengthened in its hope for peace: in a serenata provided by MD Polone / ... [that the arias in it were composed by ... Porpora and Leo, but the choirs, including the recitative, by ... Joh. Reinhardt Kayser. … The author of the same, JG Glauchen] . Hamburg: Stromer 1730. (oratorio), music by Reinhard Keizer.
• Well-deserved honorary memory of the once highly noble gentleman, Mr. Georg Setz, ducal Mecklenburg bailiff of the high ducal office of Dömitz, the same after his benevolent farewell on August 8, 1743, donated by a service committed to the noble Seitzischen house . Hamburg 1745.
• Text to Johann Mattheson: The happy death song . (Oratorio) Hamburg 1760.

Literature (selection)

• Hans Schröder: Lexicon of the Hamburg writers up to the present. Volume 2. Hamburg 1845, No. 1241.

Web links

• Publications by and about Johann Georg Glauche in VD 18 .