Johann Ludwig Will

Johann Ludwig Will (* before 1736; † 1771 ) was a German Protestant pastor in Niederlausitz , who published an extensive Lower Sorbian / Wendish hymnal.

Life

Johann Ludwig Will was the son of a court assistant in Küstrin in the Neumark . In 1736 he became pastor in Briesen in the Spreewald. There he got to know the Wendish language. In 1749 a new Wendish hymn book was published on his initiative, for which he translated 42 texts. In 1760 he published a well-established Wendish hymn book with a total of 442 songs, which was printed in six further editions by 1915.

Publications

• Well arranged Wendish hymn book: in which 442 of the most ingenious chants; together with a new appendix, to find 124 of the newest selected and most edifying songs, which so far have only been written and sung ... Kühn, Cottbus 1786 (second edition)

literature

• Detlef Kobjela , Werner Meschkank: From the magic rain song to the Wendish pop ballad - a contribution to the music history of Lusatia with a special presentation of the Lower Sorbian music history. (= Potsdam contributions to Sorabistics. Volume 3). Potsdam 2000. p. 36. ( online )