Theodor Souchay
Conrad Theodor Souchay (born December 30, 1833 in Lübeck , † December 26, 1903 in Cannstatt ) was a German farmer and poet.
Live and act
Souchay came from a wealthy Huguenot merchant family who had come to Lübeck from France via Hanau in the 18th century . He was the son of Marc André Souchay the Younger (1796–1868) and his wife Elisabeth Louise Betty (1806–1842), the daughter of Röttger Ganslandt . Emanuel Geibel was his cousin. Until he was 13 he attended the Katharineum in Lübeck . He received his further education at the Benders educational institution in Weinheim near Heidelberg and at the Stuttgart high school. Determined to become a farmer, he first completed a practical apprenticeship on various North German estates and then went to the agricultural academy in Hohenheim for a year . He was friends with artists from Stuttgart and considered embarking on an artistic career himself. But he initially stayed in agriculture, returned to northern Germany and practiced for another year on the Lübeck domain Behlendorf . In 1859 he took over the Margarethenhof estate on Wardersee (now part of Rohlstorf ), which his father had acquired for him from Kuno zu Rantzau-Breitenburg . Enabled by his legacy to live independently, he sold Margarethenhof to Wilhelm Stolterfoht and moved to Stuttgart in 1863. Towards the end of the 1860s he lived temporarily in Heidelberg; In 1871 he settled permanently in Cannstatt.
Since 1860 he was married to the Tübingen professor's daughter Johanna Marie Friedericke Knaus (1838–1889). The couple had two sons (Marc André 1861–1944; Konrad Theodor 1864–1923) and a daughter (Wilhelmine Marie 1863–1942).
Souchay was seen by some as a subtle, sophisticated lyricist , others as an epigone and writer of poetic trinkets . Some of his poems, such as Greetings to you, my Cannstatt , stayed alive through their settings. In addition, he wrote a number of texts for oratorios and cantatas by Arnold Krug .
Theodor Souchay is the paternal grandfather of the composer Marc-André Souchay .
Fonts
- Poems. 1873
- Fresh from the heart! Songs and poems. 1886
- Songs of life. New lyric and epic poems. 1899
- Elegies. 1902
literature
- Johann Sass: Souchay, Konrad Theodor , in: Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. 8 (1903), Berlin: Reimer 1905, pp. 170-171
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Souchay in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Theodor Souchay in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henning Oldekop: Topography of the Duchy of Holstein: including the Duchy of Lauenburg, the Principality of Lübeck, enclaves (8) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck, enclaves (4) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Kiel: Mühlau 1908 p. 53
- ^ Nekrolog (Lit.), p. 171
- ↑ Dr. H. Friedrich: Review of Souchays; Songs of Life , in: The Society: Munich Half Monthly Publication for Art and Culture. 15 (1899), p. 435
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Souchay, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Souchay, Konrad Theodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German farmer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1903 |
| Place of death | Cannstatt |