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L. H. C. Hölty |
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Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph, 1748-1776 |
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1748 |
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1776 |
Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph, son of P. E. Hölty, pastor at Mariensee on the Lcine, nenr Hannover, was born at Mariensee, Dec. 21, 1748. He entered the University of Gottingen, 1769; completed his course, Easter, 1772; and became a Candidate of Theology, but never obtained a charge. He died at Han¬nover, Sept. 1, 1776. His complete Gedichte, edited by his friend J. H. Voss, were published at Hamburg, 1783 (2nd ed. 1804). The only piece which can be called a hymn and has been translated into English is:—
Ueb' immer Treu und Redlichkeit. Conduct of Life. First published in J. H. Voss's Musenalmanach, Hamburg, 1119, p. ill, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "The old country¬man to his son." Included in the Oldenburg Gesang-Buch, 1791, No. 480. The translation are, (1) "Let truth and spotless faith be thine," in the Harp of Zion, ed. by Basil Woodd, 1833, &, 101; (2) “With honest heart go on your way," in Dawson's Psalms & Hymns 1846, No. 112. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Hölty, Ludwig H. C, p. 530, i. Concerning the translation of his hymn "Ueb' immer Treu," we note that No. 1 is found in the German Songster, Berlin, 1798, p. 13; No. 2 is by Joseph Gostick, in his Spirit of German Poetry, 1845, p. 139.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (21 December 1748 – 1 September 1776) was a German poet, known especially for his ballads. Hölty was born in the Electorate of Hanover in the village of Mariensee (today part of Neustadt am Rübenberge) where his father was pastor. In 1769, he went to study theology at the University of Göttingen. There he formed a close friendship with Johann Martin Miller, Johann Heinrich Voss, Heinrich Christian Boie, the brothers Stolberg, and others, and became one of the founders of the famous society of young poets known as the Hain, or Göttinger Hainbund. By the time he left the university in 1774, he had abandoned all intention of becoming a clergyman, but he was not to enter any profession. He died of consumption at Hanover.
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