Lukas von Bostel

Copper engraving by Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch (1775)

Lukas von Bostel (also Lucas , also von Borstel ; born October 11, 1649 in Hamburg ; † July 15, 1716 ibid) was a German poet and lawyer. He also worked as a librettist and mayor of Hamburg .

Life

Lukas von Bostel was born in Hamburg in 1649 as the son of a silk merchant and councilor. He attended the academic high school in Hamburg. In 1670 he began his law studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ; later he moved to Leiden , where he received his doctorate in law in 1674.

After his studies, Bostel went on a five-year educational journey that took him through almost all of Europe. In 1679, after returning to his hometown, Bostel became a member of the aristocratic council party.

From 1682 to 1683, Bostel was the chairman of the lower court . In 1686 he was elected city syndic. In 1709 he was elected mayor.

As a co-author, Lukas von Bostel contributed significantly to the creation of the Hamburg constitution (1710–1712).

Works

The authors are usually not specified in the printed libretti, so assignments are sometimes uncertain.

Libretti

• Theseus (after Thésée by Philippe Quinault , set to music by the Hamburg opera composer Strungk in 1683)
• The haughty, overthrown and resurrected Croesus (after Nicolò Minato : Il Creso (Vienna 1678), set to music by the Hamburg opera composers Förtsch 1684 and Keizer 1711)
• The most impossible thing presented in a singing game (?, After Lope de Vega : El mayor imposible , set to music by Förtsch 1684 digitized )
• The happy grand vizier Cara Mustapha , first part, side part of the cruel siege and storming of the Käyserlichen resident city of Vienna (set to music by Franck 1686)
• The unfortunate Cara Mustapha Anderer Theil, next to the delightful relief of the Käyserlichen resident city of Vienna (set to music by Franck 1686)

pamphlet

• True deduction writings, Wherein the origin and course of which both executives Cordt Jastram and Hieronymus Schnitker, as well as their adherents, entangled hopeless Complots ... are presented and proven , Hamburg 1687.

literature

• Carl Christian Redlich:  Bostel, Lukas von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 192.
• Heinrich Reincke:  Lukas von Bostel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 486 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Lukas von Bostel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Lukas von Bostel at Zeno.org .