Christian Friedrich Hunold
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Christian Friedrich Hunold (born 29 September 1680 in Wandersleben
near Gotha
, died 16 August 1721 in Halle) was a German author who wrote under the pseudonym Menantes.
and continued in 1691 at the Gymnasium Illustre Augusteum in Weißenfels
until 1698. From 1698 until winter 1699/1700 he studied at the University of Jena law and languages.
His first novel, Die Verliebte und Galante Welt (Hamburg: Liebernickel, 1700), was an instant success. The publication of his novel Satyrischer Roman (Satyrical Novel) in 1706 caused a scandal.
Hunold moved to Halle and held private seminars. The second part of Satyrischer Roman was published in Stade by Hinrich Brummer in 1710. Hunold continued his own studies and graduated in 1714 in law.
He died 6 August 1721 in Halle of tuberculosis.
A biography of him by Benjamin Wedel was published in 1731 including some of his letters.
Der blutige und sterbende Jesus (The bleeding and dying Jesus), set by Reinhard Keiser
in 1704, an early Protestant Passion oratorio. During his time in Halle he wrote texts for several Bach cantata
s for the court in Köthen, such as Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66a, and Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a
, which Bach composed in 1718.
Wandersleben
Wandersleben is a village and a former municipality in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Drei Gleichen....
near Gotha
Gotha (town)
Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gotha.- History :The town has existed at least since the 8th century, when it was mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne as Villa Gotaha . Its importance derives from having been chosen in...
, died 16 August 1721 in Halle) was a German author who wrote under the pseudonym Menantes.
Biography
Hunold went to school in ArnstadtArnstadt
Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, situated on the Gera River. It is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia and is nicknamed Das Tor zum Thüringer Wald, The Gate to the Thuringian Forest....
and continued in 1691 at the Gymnasium Illustre Augusteum in Weißenfels
Weißenfels
Weißenfels is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle.-History:...
until 1698. From 1698 until winter 1699/1700 he studied at the University of Jena law and languages.
His first novel, Die Verliebte und Galante Welt (Hamburg: Liebernickel, 1700), was an instant success. The publication of his novel Satyrischer Roman (Satyrical Novel) in 1706 caused a scandal.
Hunold moved to Halle and held private seminars. The second part of Satyrischer Roman was published in Stade by Hinrich Brummer in 1710. Hunold continued his own studies and graduated in 1714 in law.
He died 6 August 1721 in Halle of tuberculosis.
A biography of him by Benjamin Wedel was published in 1731 including some of his letters.
Libretti
Hunold wrote the librettoLibretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
Der blutige und sterbende Jesus (The bleeding and dying Jesus), set by Reinhard Keiser
Reinhard Keiser
Reinhard Keiser was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann , but his work was largely forgotten for many...
in 1704, an early Protestant Passion oratorio. During his time in Halle he wrote texts for several Bach cantata
Bach cantata
Bach cantata became a term for a cantata of the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was a prolific writer of the genre. Although many of his works are lost, around 200 cantatas survived....
s for the court in Köthen, such as Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66a, and Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht , BWV 134a, is a secular cantata or serenata by Johann Sebastian Bach...
, which Bach composed in 1718.
Selected works
- Die verliebte und galante Welt, Hamburg: Liebernickel, 1700 (reprint of the 1707 edition Hans Wagener: Bern 1988)
- Der Europäischen Höfe Liebes- und Helden-Geschichte, Hamburg: Gottfried Liebernickel, 1705 (reprint Hans Wagener and Eli Sobel: Bern 1978)
- Satyrischer Roman der galanten Welt zur vergnügten Curiosite, ans Licht gestellt von Menantes, Hamburg: B. Wedel, 1706 (reprint Hans Wagener: Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-86598-219-0; online: Editions Marteau)
Literature
- Benjamin Wedel: Geheime Nachrichten und Briefe von Herrn Menantes Leben und Schriften. Cöln 1731 (reprint Zentralantiquariat der DDR, Leipzig 1977)
- Hans Schröder: Lexikon der hamburgischen Schriftsteller bis zur Gegenwart. 8 volumes. Perthes-Besser u. Mauke, Hamburg 1851-1883
- Herbert Singer: Der galante Roman. Metzler, Stuttgart 1961.
- Herbert Singer: Der deutsche Roman zwischen Barock und Rokoko. Böhlau, Köln 1963
- Hans Wagener, Die Komposition der Romane Christian Friedrich Hunolds, University of California Publications in Modern Philology, 94 (Berkeley/ Los Angeles, 1969)
- Gerhard DünnhauptGerhard DünnhauptGerhard Dünnhaupt, FRSC is a German bibliographer, literary historian, emeritus professor of the University of Michigan, an honorary life member of the Modern Language Association of America, and an Elected Fellow of the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada...
: „Christian Friedrich Hunold (1681-1721)“, in: Personalbibliographien zu den Drucken des Barock. Band 3. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7772-9105-6, p. 2184-2213 (works and literature) - Jens-Fietje Dwars: Leben und Werk des vormals berühmten Christian Friedrich Hunold alias Menantes. quartus-Verlag, Bucha 2005, ISBN 3-931505-74-X
- Cornelia Hobohm (editor.): Menantes. Ein Dichterleben zwischen Barock und Aufklärung. Jena: Quartus Verlag, 2006)
- Jörn Steigerwald: Höfliches Lachen: Die distinguierende Komik der höfischen Gesellschaft (am Beispiel von Christian Friedrich Hunolds 'Satyrischem Roman' , in: Anthropologie und Medialität des Komischen im 17. Jahrhundert (1580-1730). editor Stefanie Arend et al. Amsterdam / New York 2008, p. 325-355.
External links
- Biography (in German)
- Christian Friedrich Hunold
- Hunold's works at Gutenberg (in German)