Balthasar Kindermann
Balthasar Benjamin Kindermann (10 April 1636 – 12 February 1706) was a German poet.
Kindermann was born in
In 1659 Kindermann became vice principal of the Saldernsche Schule in Brandenburg an der Havel, and was appointed rector in 1664. In 1660 he married Dorothea Schiffner, the daughter of a Swedish captain, with whom he had four sons and two daughters. In 1667 he went to Magdeburg as a deacon at the Johanniskirche. From 1672 he served as first minister of the Ulrichskirche. He succeeded Christian Scriver in 1690 and became head of the school (Scholarch) later. He died in Magdeburg in 1706.[1]
Kindermann's work is extremely versatile: it includes satirical "poems" in the style of
In 1664, he wrote the hymn Was frag ich nach der Welt, which Johann Sebastian Bach used as the basis for his chorale cantata Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94, for the ninth Sunday after Trinity of 1724.[2]
Selected works
- Lobgesang des Zerbster Biers Wittenberg 1658
- Der Deutsche Redner (The German Speaker) Frankfurt/Oder 1660
- Unglückselige Nisette Frankfurt/Oder 1660
- Buch der Redlichen Küstrin 1661
- Der Jungfrauen A.B.C. (The Virgins' A.B.C.) Wittenberg 1661
- Schoristen-Teuffel Jena 1661
- Die Böse Sieben Zeitz 1662
- Der Deutsche Poet (The German Poet) Wittenberg 1664
- Kurandors von Sittau Neue Gesichter Wittenberg 1673
References
- ^ a b c d Ukena, Peter. "Balthasar Kindermann". daten.digitale-sammlungen.de. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt (Psalm 124) / Text and Translation of Chorale". bach-cantatas.com. 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
External links
- Literature by and about Balthasar Kindermann in the German National Library catalogue
- Balthasar Kindermann bach-cantatas.com
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