Johann Lauterbach

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Johann Lauterbach (born June 16, 1531 in Löbau , † October 11, 1593 in Heilbronn ) was a German pedagogue, hymn poet and historian.

Life

As one of four children of simple parents, Lauterbach studied from 1549 to 1554 at the University of Wittenberg with Philipp Melanchthon , on whose recommendation he then became court master of Count Ludwig Casimir von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein , whose sons Wolfgang and Philipp he taught. In 1556 he married a count's maid at court in Neuenstein . From 1557 he was rector of the Latin school in Öhringen . He was in contact with humanists such as Nicodemus Frischlin or Martin Crusius , and like them he published historical poetry in Latin.

On September 19, 1558 he received the poet's crown from Paulus Fabricius in Vienna and was raised to the nobility by Ferdinand I. In 1567 he became the rector of the Heilbronn Latin School . In Heilbronn he devoted himself in particular to contemporary music literature and was in contact with numerous composers and court orchestra masters, from whom he amassed an important collection of manuscripts and first prints of works mainly of vocal music, which later formed the basis of Heilbronn's musical treasure. He has also written his own hymns as well as anthologies and autobiographies. From 1586 he received an assistant because of being stupid and only had to work one hour a day. He was removed from office in 1593 and died that same year.

His brother Hieronymus Lauterbach was a mathematics professor in Vienna and later rector of the Latin school in Graz.

Works (selection)

  • De Carminibus veterum Germanicorum dissertationes II
  • Cithara Christiana Psalmodiarum sacra libri, Leipzig 1587

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SURNAME Lauterbach, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue, hymn poet and historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1531
PLACE OF BIRTH Löbau
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1593
Place of death Heilbronn