Benjamin Schmolck

Benjamin Schmolck ( Schmolke ) ( born December 21, 1672 in the Duchy of Legnica Brauchitschdorf, † February 12, 1737 in Schweidnitz ) was a German poet of the Baroque church songs.

Life

The son of Pastor Martin Schmolck attended high school in Legnica and 1693 enrolled at the Faculty of Theology in Leipzig. After graduating in 1697, he helped his father in Brauchitschdorf until he was appointed in 1702 as the deacon at the Church of Peace Schweidnitzer. Here he spent the rest of his life, from 1714 as a senior pastor and court preacher. At the same time he taught at the mercy of school, where Johann Christian Günther was one of his students. He stood close to the flow of pietism.

Schmolck wrote a total of 1183 songs, some of which are still sung today, eg "I'm on the beautiful gate" (EC 166). His devotional and prayer books are widely used and have been launched over again.

Remembrance

11 February Protestant calendar name.

Works

  • The Funny Sabbath / Jn of silence to Zion with songs Holy gefeyert / addition to an appendix Daily morning and evening church - confessional and penitential sacrament prayers. Liebig; Reimann, Jawor; Schweidnitz 1712 ( digitized and full text in German Text Archive )

Literature (selection )

  • Christian Friedrich Erdmann David: Schmolck, Benjamin. In: General German Biography (ADB ). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1891, pp. 53-58.
  • Karl Kobe: Benjamin Schmolck, the Silesian hymn writers. Stuttgart 1907
  • Rudolf Nicolai Benjamin Schmolck. Legnica 1909
  • Alwin binder and Heinrich Richartz: Poetry analysis. Instruction and demonstration of poems by Benjamin Schmolck, Frank Wedekind and Günter Eich. Frankfurt / M. 1984
  • Alwin Binder: "The last the best." About an elaborate hymn by Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737)
  • Georg Braungart: edifying purpose and poetic claim: Benjamin Schmolcks prefaces apologetics. In: Religion and Religiosity in the Age of the Baroque. Edited by Dieter Breuer. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz 1995, Vol 2, pp. 487-502.
  • Georg Braungart: Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737) - The spiritual song between poetry and edification. In: Schweidnitz through the ages. Edited by Werner Ulrich leg and Schmilewski. Würzburg: mountain town Verlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn 1990, pp. 203-212.
  • Sigrid Fillies Reuter: Schmolck, Benjamin. In: Biographic- bibliographic church encyclopedia ( BBKL ). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1, 504-506 Sp. (Articles / Articles beginning possibly in the Internet Archive )

Work and bibliography

  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt: Benjamin Schmolck. In: Personal bibliographies on the printing of the Baroque, Vol 5, Stuttgart: Hiersemann 1991, pp. 3661-3685. ISBN 3-7772-9133-1
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