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Georg Mylius (Poet) |
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Born: March 1, 1613 - Königsberg, Prussia
Died: October 18, 1640 - Dorf Brandenburg am Frischen Haff (today the Russian Uschakowo) |
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Georg Mylius was a German poet and evangelical theologian. He was the son of the Königsberg professor Georg Mylius, studied at the university of his hometown, moved to the University of Wittenberg and obtained there in 1637 the academic degree of a master. In 1639 he took a job as a pastor in Dorf Brandenburg am Frischen Haff, where he worked until his death.
As one of the youngest members of the Königsberg poetry circle alongside Christoph Kaldenbach and Jonas Daniel Koschwitz, Georg Mylius moved in the influencing circle of Martin Opitz, Simon Dach and Heinrich Albert. His poems often appeared in separate individual prints, some of which were set to music by Albert Stobäus and Johann Stobäus. He is the author of the death song "Herr, ich denk an jene Zeit" (Lord, I think of that time), which was printed in 1640.
Georg Mylius had married on February 6, 1640 in Königsberg with Anna, the daughter of the Diakons der Domkirche Georg Colbius. The marriage remained childless. |
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Source: German Wikipedia Website (January 2017), English translation by Aryeh Oron (September 2018)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2018) |
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Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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BWV 329 |
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Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works |
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Herr Gott, nun sei gepreiset (1639) |
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Links to other Sites |
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Georg Myliys - Dichter (Wikipedia) [German] |
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Bibliography |
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Carl von Winterfeld: Der evangelische Kirchengesang und sein Verhältnis zur Kunst des Tonsatzes …
Friedrich Beissner: Deutsche Barocklyrik. In: Hans Steffen (Hrsg.): Formkräfte der deutschen Dichtung. Göttingen 1963, S. 52–54
Alfred Kelletat (Hrsg.): Simon Dach und der Königsberger Dichterkreis. Stuttgart 1986, S. 263–267, 300
Ulrich Maché: Mylius, Georg. In: Walther Killy (Hrsg.): Literaturlexikon. Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache (15 Bände). Gütersloh, München: Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verl., 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7), Bd. 8, S. 321 |
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