Short Name: | Johann Samuel Diterich |
Full Name: | Diterich, Johann Samuel, 1721-1797 |
Birth Year: | 1721 |
Death Year: | 1797 |
Diterich, Johann Samuel, eldest son of A. M. Diterich, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Berlin, was born at Berlin, Dec. 15, 1721. After studying at the Universities of Frankfurt a. Oder, and Halle, he was for some time a private tutor in Berlin. He was, in 1748, appointed diaconus of St. Mary's Church in Berlin, and regimental chaplain, becoming, in 1751, archidiaconus, and, in 1754, pastor of St. Mary's. In 1763 he was appointed private Chaplain to the Queen, and in 1770 a member of the Supreme Consistory. He died at Berlin, Jan. 14, 1797 (Koch, vi. 228-231; Allg. Deutsche Biog., v. 258-259). His hymns appeared in the following works:—
(1) Lieder für den offentlichen Gottesdienst Berlin, 1765, with 23G hymns, edited by himself and his col¬leagues in Stanzas Mary's Church. Designed as a supplement to Porst's Gesang-Buch of 1713. (2) Gesangbuch zum (foltesdienstlichen Gebrauch in den Königlich-Preus-sischen Landen, Berlin, 1780, with 447 hymns principally edited by himself. (3) Gesangbuch für die häusliche Andacht. Berlin, 1787, with 421 hymns, principally of recent date.
None of these books give names of authors. Diterich seems to have contributed about 100 hymns either original or entirely recast, besides rewriting portions of many others. He distinguished himself as a leader in the unhappy process of “modernising" and "improving" the older German hymns, by which they were reduced to 18th cent. "correctness," and had all the life polished out of them. His 1765 collection formed the model of many wretched hymn-books, and his influence is even seen in such recent collections as the Hamburg Gesang-Buch 1842, the Nassau Gesang-Buch, 1844, and the Gesang-Buch für die evang. Landeskirche im Grossherzogtum Sachsen, Weimar, 1883.
A number of the recasts from the older hymns which appear under Diterich's name are noted in this Dictionary under the names of their original authors. The following may be regarded as practically original:—
i. Schon ist der Tag von Gott bestimmt. [Second Advent.] 1765, as above, No. 129, in 8 stanzas of 7 lines. Included as No. 390 in the Nassau Gesang-Buch, 1844. The only translation in common use is:—
The trumpet sounds! the day is come! A full and good translation in Dr. H. Mills's Horae Germanica, 1845 (ed. 1856, p. 332). Dr. Hatfield included stanzas i., iv., vi., vii., altered, in his Church Hymn Book, 1872.
The following, although not in English common use, are available for hymnological purposes :—
ii. Auf Erden Wahrheit auszubreiten. Christ's Ministry. 1787, as above, No. 79, in 10 stanzas. Translated by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (ed. 1856, p. 283), as "That men to truth might not be strangers."
iii. Auf! Jesu Jünger! freuet euch! Ascension. 1765, as above, No. 79, in 12 stanzas, and is based on E. Alber's hymn "Nun freut euch Gottes Kinder all" (q. v.). Two forms have been translated (1) “Auf, Christen, auf und freuet euch," in the Berlin Gesang-Buch, 1780, No. 114; tr. as "Rejoice, ye saints, your fears be gone," by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (ed. 1856, p. 324); and (2) "Ihr Jünger Jesu, freuet euch," in the Trier Gesang-Buch. (R. C), 1846, p. 94. Tr. as "Rejoice, ye saints, in glad accord," by Dr. R. F. Littledale, in Lyra Messianica, 1864, p. 371.
iv. Herr, meiner Seele grossen Werth. Greatness of the Soul. 1765, as above, No. 195, in 9 stanzas. Translated by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (ed. 1856, p. 30), as “Lord, on the soul's enduring worth."
v. Mein Heiland lebt. Er hat die Macht. Resurrection of the Dead. 1765, as above, No. 123, in 8 stanzas. Translated by Miss Manington, 1863,p. 75, "My Saviour lives, and He the might."
vi. O Jesu, wahrer Frömmigkeit. Jesus our Example. Seems to have been suggested by J. J. Rambach's "Du wesentliches Ebenbild " in his Haus Gesang-Buch, 1735, No. 84. First published 1789, as above, No. 59, in 8 stanzas. Translated by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (ed. 1856, p. 285), as "Jesus, of what we should approve." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Johann Samuel Diterich (47)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, Dass er aus freiem Trieb | J. S. Diterich (Author) | German | 2 |
Auf, Christen, auf, und freuet euch | J. S. Diterich, 1721-1797 (Author) | German | 13 |
Auf, Christen! lasst uns unsern Gott | J. S. Dietrich, geb. 1721 (Author) | German | 1 |
Auf Erden Wahrheit auszubreiten | Johann S. Dietrich (Author) | German | 10 |
Auf, Jesu Jünger, freuet euch! | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 16 |
Auferstanden, auferstanden ist der Herr, Und in ewgen Lichtgewanden | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 1 |
Bringt Preis und Ruhm dem Heiland dar | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 7 |
Dank dir, Herr, für die Obrigkeit | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 3 |
Der Heiland kommt! Lobsinget Ihm | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 12 |
Des Leibes warten und ihn nähren | Joh. Sam. Dieterich (Author) | German | 4 |
Dich, dich, mein Gott, will ich erheben | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 2 |
Du aller Menschen Vater, Du gütiger Berater | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 4 |
Du, der kein Böses tut | J. S. Dietrich (Author) | German | 3 |
Du, Gott, du bist der Herr der Zeit | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 9 |
Du Vater deiner Menschenkinder, der du die Liebe selber ist | Johann Samuel Diterich † 1797 (Arranger) | German | 1 |
Du willst es, Herr, mein Gott | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 4 |
Er kommt, er kommt zum Weltgericht | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 4 |
Erhalt uns, Herr, die Obrigkeit | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 2 |
Es ist noch eine Ruh' vorhanden für jeden Gott ergebnen Geist | J. S. Dietrich (Author) | German | 3 |
Es ist vollbracht, so ruft am Kreuze, des sterbenden Erlösers Mund | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 30 |
Fürwahr du bist o Gott verborgen | Joh. S. Dietrich, 1724-1797 (Author) | German | 13 |
Gib mir, o Gott, ein Herz | Johann Samuel Diterich (Alterer) | German | 1 |
Gott, deine Gnad' ist unser Leben | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 2 |
Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ | J. Dietrich (Author) | German | 1 |
Herr, ich hab' von deiner Treu' | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 12 |
Herr, mache meine Seele stille | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 7 |
Herr, meiner Seele großen Wert | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 6 |
Höchster, denk ich an die Güte | Johann Samuel Diterich † 1797 (Author) | German | 2 |
Kim jestem? Ważne to pytanie | ks. Johann Samuel Diterich, d. 1797 (Author) | Polish | 2 |
Lass mich doch nicht, o Gott! den Schätzen dieser Erden | J. Dietrich (Author) | German | 10 |
Lob, Ehre, Preis und Dank sei Dir | Johann Samuel Diterich, 1721-1797 (Author) | German | 2 |
Mein Erlöser, Gottes Sohn, der du für mich littest | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 4 |
Mein Geist, o Gott, wird ganz entzückt | Joh. S. Dietrich, 1724-1797 (Author) | German | 19 |
Mein Heiland lebt, er hat die Macht | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 21 |
Nach meiner Seelen Seligkeit, lass, Herr, mich eifrig ringen | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 26 |
O Jesu Licht und Heil der Welt | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 12 |
O Jesu, wahrer Frömmigkeit | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 5 |
O Jesus, wir erheben Dich | Johann Samuel Diterich, 1721-1797 (Author) | German | 2 |
O wie unaussprechlich selig | Johann Samuel Diterich, 1721-1797 (Arranger) | German | 1 |
Ohne Rast und unverweilt, Strömen gleich, o Seele | Joh. S. Dietrich, 1724-1797 (Author) | German | 2 |
Preist Christen mit Zufriedenheit | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | German | 27 |
Schon ist der Tag von Gott bestimmt | Johann Samuel Diterich (Author) | German | 9 |
The trumpet sounds the day is come | Johann Samuel Dietrich (Author) | English | 1 |
Voller Ehrfurcht, Dank und Freuden | Johann Samuel Diterich, 1721-1797 (Author (v. 1)) | German | 1 |
Wer bin ich, Welche große [wichtige] Frage | J. S.Dietrich, 1721-1797 (Author) | German | 18 |
Wer kann, Gott, je was Gutes haben | J. Dietrich (Author) | German | 5 |
Zu Deinem Preis und Ruhm erwacht | J. S. Diterich, 1721-1797 (Author) | German | 19 |