Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (28 June 1736 – 1 May 1809) was a French-German writer and translator from the Pfeffel family. His texts were put to music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert. He is sometimes also known as Amédée or Théophile Conrad Pfeffel, which is the French translation of Gottlieb ("Godlove").
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel
Painting by Georg Friedrich Adolph Schoner, 1809
Born
(1736-06-28)28 June 1736
Died
1 May 1809(1809-05-01) (aged 72)
Pfeffel dictating to his daughter, image accompanying a text dedicated to Johann Georg Jacobi, 1800
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel was born in Colmar. His father, Johann Konrad Pfeffel (1682–1738), was the mayor of Colmar and a legal consultant of the French king, but died when Gottlieb was only two years old. He was raised by his brother Christian Friedrich Pfeffel (1726–1807), who was ten years older. He went in 1751 to the University of Halle to study law, with the intention of becoming a diplomat. There, he was a student of the philosopher Christian Wolff. In 1752, he translated Johann Joachim Spalding's Gedanken über den Werth der Gefühle in dem Christenthum in French. In 1754, he went to Dresden for treatment of an eye problem; there, he met the poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. His eye condition deteriorated, and in 1758, after an operation, he became completely blind and had to abandon his studies.[1][2]
In February 1759, he married Margaretha Cleophe Divoux, a merchant's daughter from Strasbourg. They had thirteen children together, of whom 7 died before adulthood. He started to establish himself as a writer and translator. In 1762, he translated Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer's Fabeln in French. He also worked on a translation into German of Claude Fleury's Histoire ecclésiastique. He opened a military academy for aristocratic Protestants in 1773, since these boys were not allowed at the military academy of Paris. He joined the Helvetic Society in 1776, and in 1782 became a citizen of the city of Biel (Bienne) in Switzerland, and became an honorary member of the city council in 1783. The Prussian Academy of Arts made him an honorary member in 1788.[1][2]
After the French Revolution, he lost the military academy and his fortune, and found jobs with the educational board of Colmar, with the publisher Tübingen-Cotta, and as a translator, until Napoleon I granted him an annual pension in 1806. He wrote many articles for the magazine Flora. In 1808 he became an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He died the next year.[1][2]
His poem Der freie Mann was put to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (catalogue number WoO 117) in 1794 or 1795.[3] Franz Schubert made a lied of his text Der Vatermörder (D10),[4] and Leopold Kozeluch put music to his cantata for the blind Austrian singer Maria Theresia von Paradis.[5] In 1773, his Philemon und Baucis: Ein Schauspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge, a play in verse in one act, was turned into a Singspiel for a marionette theater by Joseph Haydn with the new title Philemon und Baucis oder Jupiters Reise auf die Erde (Philemon and Baucis or Jupiter's Travels to the Earth). It was changed into a regular opera in 1776.[6]
A statue of Pfeffel by André Friedrich was placed in the Unterlinden Museum in 1859, and a copy of that statue was placed on the Grand Rue in Colmar in 1927.[7]
Bibliographyedit
Portrait from Volume 10 of the 1841 edition of the Poetische Versuche
Der Einsiedler, 1761
Philemon und Baucis: Ein Schauspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge: 6 editions published between 1763 and 1773 in 4 languages: reprinted as Philemon und Baucis, oder, Jupiters Reise auf die Erde : deutsche Marionetten-Oper: music by Joseph Haydn, 1773
Dramatische Kinderspiele: 5 volumes published between 1763 and 1774: translated in French
Magazin für den Verstand und das Herz, 1764, translated in Russian and French
Neue Beyträge zur Deutschen Maculatur: 2 editions published in 1766
Freymund, oder der übel angebrachte Stolz: ein Lustspiel in fünf Aufzügen, 1770
Der Einsiedler: ein Trauerspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge, 1771
Serena: ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel, 1776, with Paul Landois
Lieder für die Colmarische Kriegsschule, 1778
Fabeln, der Helvetischen Gesellschaft gewidmet: 8 editions published between 1783 and 1815
Histoire du regne de Marie-Thérèse, 1786
Poetische Versuche von Gottlieb Conrad Pfeffel: 71 editions published between 1789 and 1968 in 4 language: also published in 3 parts, with a further 11 editions, and with three additional parts in 1802, eventually growing to ten bands by 1810
Prosaische Versuche: 27 editions published between 1794 and 1813, expanded to 10 bands by 1810
Contes et nouvelles, 1822 (French translation of a selection of his work)
Briefe über Religion an Bettina: 7 editions published in 1824 in 3 language
Ausgewählte Unterhaltungen, Volumes 5–6, 1828
Bloemlezing uit de fabelen en vertellingen, Dutch translation from 1832
Fabeln und poetische Erzählungen: 9 editions published between 1840 and 1861: translated as Fables et poésies choisies in 1840
Historisches Magazin für Verstand und Herz, 1840
Poetische Werke: Mit Biographie und Portrait: Volumes 1-3, 1841
G C Pfeffel's Epistel an die Nachwelt, 1859
Pfeffel-Album: Gaben elsässischer Dichter, 1859
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffels Fremdenbuch mit biographischen und culturgeschichtlichen Erläuterungen, 1892
Skorpion und Hirtenknabe; Fabeln, Epigramme, poetische Erzählungen, Biographie eines Pudels und andere Prosa, 1970
Biographie eines Pudels und andere Satiren: 2 editions published in 1987
Notesedit
^ abc"Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^ abc"Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon" (in German). Traugott Bautz. 2007. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^van Beethoven, Ludwig. . Naxos. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^Schubert, Friedrich. (29 ed.). Naxos. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^"Philemon und Baucis". Classicalarchives.com. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
^"Monument dedicated to Pfeffel". Office de Tourisme de Colmar. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
Further readingedit
Théophile-Conrad Pfeffel de Colmar; souvenirs biographiques, by Lina Bernard, Delafontaine & Rouge, 1866
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel's theatralische Belustigungen. Ein Beitrag zur geschichte des französischen Dramas in Deutschland, by Karl Worzel, E. Schmidt, 1911
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel. Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte des Elsass, by Edgar Guhde, Keller, 1964
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel : Satiriker und Philanthrop, 1736-1809: Catalogue of the exhibition at the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe in 1986
Pfeffel, l'Européen: esprit français et culture allemande en Alsace au XVIIIe siècle, by Gabriel Braeuner, Nuée Bleue, 1994
Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (1736-1809) : Signaturen der Spätaufklärung am Oberrhein, by Achim Aurnhammer and Wilhelm Kühlmann, Rombach, 2010
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Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel 28 June 1736 1 May 1809 was a French German writer and translator from the Pfeffel family His texts were put to music by Ludwig van Beethoven Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert He is sometimes also known as Amedee or Theophile Conrad Pfeffel which is the French translation of Gottlieb Godlove Gottlieb Konrad PfeffelPainting by Georg Friedrich Adolph Schoner 1809Born 1736 06 28 28 June 1736Died1 May 1809 1809 05 01 aged 72 Pfeffel dictating to his daughter image accompanying a text dedicated to Johann Georg Jacobi 1800 Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Notes 4 Further reading 5 External linksBiography editGottlieb Konrad Pfeffel was born in Colmar His father Johann Konrad Pfeffel 1682 1738 was the mayor of Colmar and a legal consultant of the French king but died when Gottlieb was only two years old He was raised by his brother Christian Friedrich Pfeffel 1726 1807 who was ten years older He went in 1751 to the University of Halle to study law with the intention of becoming a diplomat There he was a student of the philosopher Christian Wolff In 1752 he translated Johann Joachim Spalding s Gedanken uber den Werth der Gefuhle in dem Christenthum in French In 1754 he went to Dresden for treatment of an eye problem there he met the poet Christian Furchtegott Gellert His eye condition deteriorated and in 1758 after an operation he became completely blind and had to abandon his studies 1 2 In February 1759 he married Margaretha Cleophe Divoux a merchant s daughter from Strasbourg They had thirteen children together of whom 7 died before adulthood He started to establish himself as a writer and translator In 1762 he translated Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer s Fabeln in French He also worked on a translation into German of Claude Fleury s Histoire ecclesiastique He opened a military academy for aristocratic Protestants in 1773 since these boys were not allowed at the military academy of Paris He joined the Helvetic Society in 1776 and in 1782 became a citizen of the city of Biel Bienne in Switzerland and became an honorary member of the city council in 1783 The Prussian Academy of Arts made him an honorary member in 1788 1 2 After the French Revolution he lost the military academy and his fortune and found jobs with the educational board of Colmar with the publisher Tubingen Cotta and as a translator until Napoleon I granted him an annual pension in 1806 He wrote many articles for the magazine Flora In 1808 he became an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities He died the next year 1 2 His poem Der freie Mann was put to music by Ludwig van Beethoven catalogue number WoO 117 in 1794 or 1795 3 Franz Schubert made a lied of his text Der Vatermorder D10 4 and Leopold Kozeluch put music to his cantata for the blind Austrian singer Maria Theresia von Paradis 5 In 1773 his Philemon und Baucis Ein Schauspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge a play in verse in one act was turned into a Singspiel for a marionette theater by Joseph Haydn with the new title Philemon und Baucis oder Jupiters Reise auf die Erde Philemon and Baucis or Jupiter s Travels to the Earth It was changed into a regular opera in 1776 6 Pfeffel was a friend or acquaintance of many well known persons of his period including Voltaire Vittorio Alfieri and the Swiss poet Johann Kaspar Lavater which whom he corresponded for many years In 1839 his niece Ernestine von Pfeffel 1810 94 married Fyodor Tyutchev one of the most famous Russian poets A statue of Pfeffel by Andre Friedrich was placed in the Unterlinden Museum in 1859 and a copy of that statue was placed on the Grand Rue in Colmar in 1927 7 Bibliography edit nbsp Portrait from Volume 10 of the 1841 edition of the Poetische VersucheDer Einsiedler 1761 Philemon und Baucis Ein Schauspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge 6 editions published between 1763 and 1773 in 4 languages reprinted as Philemon und Baucis oder Jupiters Reise auf die Erde deutsche Marionetten Oper music by Joseph Haydn 1773 Dramatische Kinderspiele 5 volumes published between 1763 and 1774 translated in French Magazin fur den Verstand und das Herz 1764 translated in Russian and French Neue Beytrage zur Deutschen Maculatur 2 editions published in 1766 Freymund oder der ubel angebrachte Stolz ein Lustspiel in funf Aufzugen 1770 Der Einsiedler ein Trauerspiel in Versen von einem Aufzuge 1771 Serena ein burgerliches Trauerspiel 1776 with Paul Landois Lieder fur die Colmarische Kriegsschule 1778 Fabeln der Helvetischen Gesellschaft gewidmet 8 editions published between 1783 and 1815 Histoire du regne de Marie Therese 1786 Poetische Versuche von Gottlieb Conrad Pfeffel 71 editions published between 1789 and 1968 in 4 language also published in 3 parts with a further 11 editions and with three additional parts in 1802 eventually growing to ten bands by 1810 Prosaische Versuche 27 editions published between 1794 and 1813 expanded to 10 bands by 1810 Contes et nouvelles 1822 French translation of a selection of his work Briefe uber Religion an Bettina 7 editions published in 1824 in 3 language Ausgewahlte Unterhaltungen Volumes 5 6 1828 Bloemlezing uit de fabelen en vertellingen Dutch translation from 1832 Fabeln und poetische Erzahlungen 9 editions published between 1840 and 1861 translated as Fables et poesies choisies in 1840 Historisches Magazin fur Verstand und Herz 1840 Poetische Werke Mit Biographie und Portrait Volumes 1 3 1841 G C Pfeffel s Epistel an die Nachwelt 1859 Pfeffel Album Gaben elsassischer Dichter 1859 Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffels Fremdenbuch mit biographischen und culturgeschichtlichen Erlauterungen 1892 Skorpion und Hirtenknabe Fabeln Epigramme poetische Erzahlungen Biographie eines Pudels und andere Prosa 1970 Biographie eines Pudels und andere Satiren 2 editions published in 1987Notes edit a b c Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel Der Spiegel Retrieved 8 June 2011 a b c Biographisch Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon in German Traugott Bautz 2007 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty url help van Beethoven Ludwig Vocal Music Stolte Schreier Olbertz Naxos Archived from the original on 8 October 2011 Retrieved 8 June 2011 Schubert Friedrich Lied Settings of Various Poets 29 ed Naxos Archived from the original on 8 October 2011 Retrieved 8 June 2011 An account of Mademoiselle Theresa Paradis The London Magazine 4 1785 Philemon und Baucis Classicalarchives com Retrieved 8 June 2011 Monument dedicated to Pfeffel Office de Tourisme de Colmar Retrieved 8 June 2011 Further reading editTheophile Conrad Pfeffel de Colmar souvenirs biographiques by Lina Bernard Delafontaine amp Rouge 1866 Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel s theatralische Belustigungen Ein Beitrag zur geschichte des franzosischen Dramas in Deutschland by Karl Worzel E Schmidt 1911 Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel Ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte des Elsass by Edgar Guhde Keller 1964 Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel Satiriker und Philanthrop 1736 1809 Catalogue of the exhibition at the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe in 1986 Pfeffel l Europeen esprit francais et culture allemande en Alsace au XVIIIe siecle by Gabriel Braeuner Nuee Bleue 1994 Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel 1736 1809 Signaturen der Spataufklarung am Oberrhein by Achim Aurnhammer and Wilhelm Kuhlmann Rombach 2010External links editWorks by or about Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel amp oldid 1215820171, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
