Johann Rist's wide-ranging collection The New German Parnassus contains poems and songs for weddings, deaths, coronations, indoctrination ceremonies at the Fruitful Society, birthdays, appointments to office, book publications, the Peace of Westphalia, and some occasional verses from the years 1647 to 1652, along with numerous poems dedicated by friends.

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Alfred Noe, Universität Wien; Hans-Gert Roloff leitete die Forschungsstelle für Mittlere deutsche Literatur an der FU Berlin.