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Daniel Schiebeler
Daniel Schiebeler (25 March 1741 – 19 August 1771) was a German writer, poet, librettist and Protestant hymnwriter. He wrote librettos for operas and oratorios, set by composers such as Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Adam Hiller and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Career Born in Hamburg as the son of a merchant, Schiebeler attended the school '' Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums'', after education by a private tutor who introduced him to novels. Schiebeler could read them in English, French, Italian and Spanish. He studied law without enthusiasm, from 1763 in Göttingen and from 1765 in Leipzig, graduating in 1768 with a dissertation "De modo poenarum". He was employed the same year by the ''Hamburger Dom''. Schiebeler died of tuberculosis. Work Schiebeler wrote several librettos for operas and oratorios, such as ''Basilio und Quiteria'' based on an episode from Cervantes' '' Don Quixote''. He was a student, age 18, when he selected the scene of the hero and his squire taking part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin, as well as the overall List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th largest city and largest non-capital city in the European Union with a population of over 1.85 million. Hamburg's urban area has a population of around 2.5 million and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, which has a population of over 5.1 million people in total. The city lies on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries, the River Alster and the Bille (Elbe), River Bille. One of Germany's 16 States of Germany, federated states, Hamburg is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The official name reflects History of Hamburg, Hamburg's history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Quichotte Auf Der Hochzeit Des Comacho
' (''Don Quixote at Camacho's Wedding''), TVWV 21:32, is a one-act comic serenata by Georg Philipp Telemann. The libretto by the student poet Daniel Schiebeler is based on chapter 20 of volume 2 of Cervantes's novel ''Don Quixote''. The opera premiered on 5 November 1761 in Hamburg. When first performed, it was given the title: '; later it was also known as ' (Don Quixote, the Knight of the Lions). History Miguel de Cervantes's novel "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha", published in 1605 and 1615, is part of mainstream World literature. The scene of the hero and his squire taking part in the wedding of Camacho was chosen by the poet Daniel Schiebeler (1741–1771) when he was a student aged 18 for the libretto of a '' Singspiel'', entitled ''Basilio und Quiteria'', which he offered to the composer Georg Philipp Telemann, around 60 years his senior. Telemann was agreeable, but made substantial changes to the text. The opera premiered on 5 November 1761, when Telema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 Deaths
Events January– March * January 5 – The Great Kalmyk (Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing Dynasty rule. * January 9 – Emperor Go-Momozono accedes to the throne of Japan, following his aunt's abdication. * February 12 – Upon the death of Adolf Frederick, he is succeeded as King of Sweden by his son Gustav III. At the time, however, Gustav is unaware of this, since he is abroad in Paris. The news of his father's death reaches him about a month later. * March – War of the Regulation: North Carolina Governor William Tryon raises a militia, to put down the long-running uprising of backcountry militias against North Carolina's colonial government. * March 12 – The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake, the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon) from portions of Cumberlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 Births
Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. *February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a speech in Parliament. *February 14 – Irish-born actor Charles Macklin makes his London stage debut as Shylock in ''The Merchant of Venice'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, pioneering a psychologically realistic style with Shakespeare's text revived, replacing George Granville's melodramatic adaptation ''The Jew of Venice''. * March 9 – Prussian troops bring down the Austrian fortress of Glogau (modern-day Głogów in Poland). *March 13 – The British Royal Navy takes 180 warships, frigates and transport vessels, led by Admiral Edward Vernon, to threaten Cartagena, Colombia, with more than 27,000 crew against the 3,600 defenders. April–June * April 6 – The New York Slave Insurrection, a plot to set fire t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century German Poets
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Schmidt (historian)
Erich Schmidt (20 June 1853, in Jena – 29 April 1913, in Berlin) was a German historian of literature. Biography He was the son of a zoologist Oskar Schmidt. He studied Germanic philology and literary history at Graz, Jena, and Strassburg, established himself as privatdozent at Würzburg in 1875, became a professor at Strassburg in 1877, at Vienna in 1880, and director of the Goethe archive at Weimar in 1885. Thence he was called to Berlin in 1887, to succeed Wilhelm Scherer in the chair of German language and literature. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, , S. 182 f. From 1907 onward, he served as president of the Goethe Society. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Israeliten In Der Wüste
''Die Israeliten in der Wüste'' (The Israelites in the Desert) is an oratorio by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Background While known mainly for his works in other genres, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach also composed several oratorios during his career as a composer. After arriving in Hamburg in 1768, he found himself in an atmosphere that was much more conducive to musical creativity than his previous post in Berlin had provided him. With his new post came many new responsibilities and Bach found himself composing pieces in the longer symphony and concerto genres. One of his first compositions at his new Hamburg post was the oratorio ''Die Israeliten in der Wüste'' (The Israelites in the Desert), which he began in the second half of 1768 and finished early in 1769. The piece was based on a libretto by German librettist Daniel Schiebeler who, rather than creating the libretto by using direct quotes from scripture, used poetry based on scripture.Ottenberg, Hans-Günter. Carl Philipp E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as well as the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after ( East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the city forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle Conurbation. Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (known as Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster River (progression: ) and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city and those of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisuart Und Dariolette
''Lisuart und Dariolette, oder Die Frage und die Antwort'' (''Lisuart and Dariolette, or The Question and the Answer'') is a 'romantisch-comische Oper' by the German composer Johann Adam Hiller. The libretto was by Daniel Schiebeler based on ''La fée Urgèle ou Ce qui plaît aux dames'' by Charles Simon Favart, itself derived from The Wife of Bath's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. Performance history The opera was first performed in a two-act version at the Rannstädtertor Theater, Leipzig on 25 November 1766, conducted by the composer. A revised version in three acts was produced on 7 January 1767. Roles Synopsis Queen Ginevra of England sends the knight Lisuart to find her lost daughter Dariolette. In the course of his mission, Lisuart has to answer the riddle: "What gives women the most pleasure?" References Further reading *Bauman, Thomas (1992), "''Lisuart und Dariolette''" in '' The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', ed. Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squire
In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a "squire", and still later, the term was applied to members of the landed gentry. In contemporary American usage, "squire" is the title given to justices of the peace or similar local dignitaries. ''Squire'' is a shortened version of the word ''esquire'', from the Old French (modern French ), itself derived from the Late Latin ("shield bearer"), in medieval or Old English a ''scutifer''. The Classical Latin equivalent was ("arms bearer"). Knights in training The most common definition of ''squire'' refers to the Middle Ages. A squire was typically a young boy, training to become a knight. A boy became a page at the age of 7 then a squire at age 14. Squires were the second step to becoming a knight, after having served as a page. Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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