Difference between revisions of "Claudius, Matthias (1740-1815)"

From GAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search
[unchecked revision][checked revision]
(CSV import - 20130820)
(CSV import - 20130823)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Matthias-claudius.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Matthias Claudius.  
+
[[File:Matthias-claudius.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Matthias Claudius.
  
Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Portrait_claudius.jpg Wikipedia Commons] Wikipedia Commons
+
Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Portrait_claudius.jpg Wikipedia Commons]'']]    Matthias Claudius (born 15 August 1740, died 21 January 1815) ) was a major lyric poet of [[Germany|Germany]].  Much of his verse was moralizing or religious in character, even strongly pietistic in his later life, and was marked by simplicity and humor. He published many of his poems in the <em>Wandsbecker Bote</em> (<em>Wandsbeck Messenger</em>), of which he was the editor. One of these was a poem of seven lines, titled "Hinz und Menno," Hinz boasting in the first six lines of his extensive knowledge of morals, and [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno (Simons)]] replying in a single line in Dutch, "But do you act accordingly?" (Maar doet gy ook daarna?) The <em>Church Hymnal</em> ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) and the <em>Mennonite Hymnary</em> ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]) both contain a poem written by Claudius, which was later set to music, viz., "We Plow the Fields and Scatter."
 
 
'']]    Matthias Claudius (born 15 August 1740, died 21 January 1815) ) was a major lyric poet of [[Germany|Germany]].  Much of his verse was moralizing or religious in character, even strongly pietistic in his later life, and was marked by simplicity and humor. He published many of his poems in the <em>Wandsbecker Bote</em> (<em>Wandsbeck Messenger</em>), of which he was the editor. One of these was a poem of seven lines, titled "Hinz und Menno," Hinz boasting in the first six lines of his extensive knowledge of morals, and [[Menno Simons (1496-1561)|Menno (Simons)]] replying in a single line in Dutch, "But do you act accordingly?" (Maar doet gy ook daarna?) The <em>Church Hymnal</em> ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) and the <em>Mennonite Hymnary</em> ([[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]) both contain a poem written by Claudius, which was later set to music, viz., "We Plow the Fields and Scatter."
 
 
= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
<em>Aus Wandsbecker Boten des Matthias Claudius (Die Blauen Bücher).</em> Leipzig, 1921: 14.
 
<em>Aus Wandsbecker Boten des Matthias Claudius (Die Blauen Bücher).</em> Leipzig, 1921: 14.
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 1, pp. 619-620|date=1953|a1_last=Bender|a1_first=Elizabeth Horsch|a2_last=|a2_first=}}
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 1, pp. 619-620|date=1953|a1_last=Bender|a1_first=Elizabeth Horsch|a2_last=|a2_first=}}

Latest revision as of 14:28, 23 August 2013

Matthias Claudius. Source: Wikipedia Commons

Matthias Claudius (born 15 August 1740, died 21 January 1815) ) was a major lyric poet of Germany.  Much of his verse was moralizing or religious in character, even strongly pietistic in his later life, and was marked by simplicity and humor. He published many of his poems in the Wandsbecker Bote (Wandsbeck Messenger), of which he was the editor. One of these was a poem of seven lines, titled "Hinz und Menno," Hinz boasting in the first six lines of his extensive knowledge of morals, and Menno (Simons) replying in a single line in Dutch, "But do you act accordingly?" (Maar doet gy ook daarna?) The Church Hymnal (Mennonite Church) and the Mennonite Hymnary (General Conference Mennonite Church) both contain a poem written by Claudius, which was later set to music, viz., "We Plow the Fields and Scatter."

Bibliography

Aus Wandsbecker Boten des Matthias Claudius (Die Blauen Bücher). Leipzig, 1921: 14.


Author(s) Elizabeth Horsch Bender
Date Published 1953

Cite This Article

MLA style

Bender, Elizabeth Horsch. "Claudius, Matthias (1740-1815)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claudius,_Matthias_(1740-1815)&oldid=94182.

APA style

Bender, Elizabeth Horsch. (1953). Claudius, Matthias (1740-1815). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claudius,_Matthias_(1740-1815)&oldid=94182.




Hpbuttns.png

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 619-620. All rights reserved.


©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.