Johann Sebastian midnight

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Johann Sebastian Mitternacht (born March 30, 1613 in Hardisleben , † July 25, 1679 in Zeitz ) was a German theologian, rhetorician, pedagogue, playwright and baroque poet .

Life

As the son of a Protestant pastor, Midnight was raised in his parents' house until he was 17 and then attended the Naumburg city ​​school. After graduating from high school in 1633, he enrolled as a theologian in Jena and on July 9, 1634 in Wittenberg , where he obtained his master's degree in philosophy on April 5, 1636 under August Buchner . He earned a living with private lessons until he received his first pastorate in Teutleben in 1638 .

In 1642 he was appointed principal of his former school in Naumburg. In 1646 he was appointed rector of the famous Rutheneum high school in Gera , and here he was able to devote himself to the school drama. He wrote no fewer than 15 dramas that had a significant influence on Christian way .

In addition, he wrote theological pamphlets, rhetorical and educational textbooks. From 1654 he was a member of the German-minded cooperative under the nickname "The Pleasing One" . In 1667 he was appointed court preacher to Duke Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz . Shortly before his death in 1679, he was crowned Poeta laureatus . Some of his sacred songs were published in the Gothaer Gesangbuch, which was later published several times.

Works (selection)

  • Newes Prayer Book , Salza 1640.
  • Pentas Dissertatiuncularum Scholasticarum, De Argumentis Studiosae Pubi, Quae Per Scholas Et Gymnasia Enutriri Solet, Tum Utilissimis, Tum Iucundissimis. Bauhöffer, Jena 1641. ( digitized version )
  • Dissertatio de equo Trojano, eleganti scholarum symbolo. Lobenstein, Jena 1648. ( digitized version )
  • Confidential conversation between four papal scribes , Leipzig 1653. ( digitized version )
  • Fire-hot love-flames. A soul in love with Jesus and saddened in the world. Kirchner, Leipzig 1653. ( digitized version )
  • Kurtzer, however, hopefully a clearer and at the beginning more modest report of the German rhyming art. Kirchner, Leipzig 1653. ( digitized version )
  • Commentatio de Meʿônēn Nostris. From daydreamers, dreamers, sign interpreters, fortune tellers, magicians, and the like. Heller, Jena 1754. ( digitized version )
  • Paedia. That is: the unpredictable… concern about the upbringing and instruction of children. Gross, Leipzig 1657 ( digitized version of the 1685 edition )
  • Dissertatio de Abrahami nomine et patria. Mamitz, Gera 1661. ( digitized version )
  • Specimen Philologicum Divitiarum Evangelicarum Cui Praefixa Est Dissertatio De Linguarum Usu, Et Scopo Opusculi. Bauhöfer, Jena 1663. ( digitized version )
  • Thorough refutation and refutation of the Scheffler idol. Lanckisch, Leipzig 1666. ( digitized version)
  • A twofold piece of art I. To die gently and blissfully. II. To patiently endure the sad widow's status. Richter, Altenburg 1674. ( digitized version )

Work edition:

  • Dramas 1662–1667 , ed. by Marianne Kaiser, Tübingen 1972

literature

  • Left and right:  midnight, Johann Sebastian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 34.
  • Thomas Diecks:  Midnight, Johann Sebastian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 586 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Johann Sebastian Midnight (1613-1679) . In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints . Volume 4. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7772-9122-6 , pp. 2751-2806 (list of works and references)
  • Marianne Kaiser: Midnight - Zeidler - Christian Weise. The Protestant school theater. Göttingen 1972
  • Norbert Sorg: Restoration and Rebellion. The German dramas Johann Sebastian Midnight. Hochschulverlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1980, ISBN 3-8107-2019-4
  • Fritz Wirth: Johann Sebastian midnight . In: Journal for Church History of the Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt , 28 (1932), pp. 86-106
  • Walther Killy (ed.): Literature Lexicon. Authors and works in German (15 volumes). Gütersloh, Munich: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl., 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 )

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personal data
SURNAME Midnight, Johann Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Medius, Jocosus Severus (pseudonym); Marth, Michel (pseudonym); The Pleasing One (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, rhetorician, pedagogue, playwright and baroque poet
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1613
PLACE OF BIRTH Hardisleben , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1679
Place of death Time