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Marking the 400th anniversary of Paul Gerhardt's (16071676) birthday, Christian Brunners presents his comprehensive study of the great and still well-known baroque poet's life and work the most extensive such study that has been published for nearly a century. Brunners not only describes in detail the life of Paul Gerhardt, but is equally thorough in presenting and interpreting his work and its manifold impacts. Besides questions relating to the history of Church, piety and poetry, he gives attention to approaches that view Gerhardt's work under the perspective of mentality, music and social history. The reception of that greatest German baroque poet has hardly been explored yet. In this complex and knowledgeable biography, Brunners focuses on Gerhardt's reception as a lieder and hymns but also describes his international and pastoral reception, for instance in the works of Philipp Jakob Spener and John Wesley, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Joachim Ernst Berendt; and he depicts the resonance of Gerhardt's lieder and hymns in Johann Sebastian Bach, Ernst Pepping and jazz music, as well as in Thomas Mann, Theodor Fontane and Günter Grass.

Autorentext
Dr. Christian Bunners ist Theologe und Musikwissenschaftler. Er hat als Organist, evangelischer Pfarrer, Dozent und Kirchlicher Rundfunkbeauftragter gewirkt; er lebt in diesen Funktionen jetzt im Ruhestand und arbeitet als freier Autor und Herausgeber. Seit 1999 ist er Vorsitzender der Historischen Kommission zur Erforschung des Pietismus und Gründungs-Präsident der Paul-Gerhardt-Gesellschaft.

Klappentext

Marking the 400th anniversary of Paul Gerhardt's (1607-1676) birthday, Christian Brunners presents his comprehensive study of the great and still well-known baroque poet's life and work - the most extensive such study that has been published for nearly a century. Brunners not only describes in detail the life of Paul Gerhardt, but is equally thorough in presenting and interpreting his work and its manifold impacts. Besides questions relating to the history of Church, piety and poetry, he gives attention to approaches that view Gerhardt's work under the perspective of mentality, music and social history. The reception of that greatest German baroque poet has hardly been explored yet. In this complex and knowledgeable biography, Brunners focuses on Gerhardt's reception as a lieder and hymns but also describes his international and pastoral reception, for instance in the works of Philipp Jakob Spener and John Wesley, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Joachim Ernst Berendt; and he depicts the resonance of Gerhardt's lieder and hymns in Johann Sebastian Bach, Ernst Pepping and jazz music, as well as in Thomas Mann, Theodor Fontane and Günter Grass.

Leseprobe
Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) is one of the most eminent Baroque poets. This book gives a sophisticated account of Gerhardt's life, work and influence. For almost a century nothing as comprehensive as this work has been published.

Inhalt
Vorwort
DER WEG

• Der Mann im Bilde
• Gräfenhainichen
• Grimma
• Wittenberg
• Berlin
• Mittenwalde
• Wieder in Berlin
• Konflikte
• Berliner Kirchenstreit
• Persönliches und Poetisches
• Lübben
• Leben als Wanderschaft
  DAS WERK
• Werkübersicht
• Der Abend
• Der Morgen
• Die Sinne, das Singen und der Sinn
• Weihnachten
• Passion
• Wer lobt, der lebt
• Ehe und Liebe
• Kometenlieder
• Frieden
• Trostgründe
• Gut der Armen
• Kunst und Andacht
  DIE WIRKUNG
• Werkausgaben
• Gerhardt im deutschsprachigen Gesangbuch
• Bearbeitungen, Verschlimmbesserungen,
  Nachdichtungen
• Gerhardt international
• Gerhardt als Seelsorger
• Schwierigkeiten mit Gerhardts Liedern
• Gerhardt-Lieder in Dietrich Bonhoeffers Leben
• Gerhardt in der Musikgeschichte
• Dichter über den Dichter
  ANLAGEN
  Textdokumente
  Literaturverzeichnis
  Werkausgaben
  Spezialliteratur
  Allgemeine Literatur
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