Carl Eduard Philipp Wackernagel (28 June 1800, in

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– 20 June 1877, in

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) was a German schoolteacher and

hymnologist Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος ''hymnos'', "song of praise" and -λογία ''-logia'', "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be m ...

. He was an older brother of philologist

Wilhelm Wackernagel Wilhelm Wackernagel (23 April 1806, Berlin – 21 December 1869, Basel) was a German-Swiss philologist specializing in Germanic studies. He was the father of Indo-Europeanist Jacob Wackernagel. He studied Classical and Germanic literature a ...

. He was educated in

mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proces ...

and

crystallography Crystallography is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids. Crystallography is a fundamental subject in the fields of materials science and solid-state physics (condensed matter physics). The wor ...

at Breslau and Berlin, during which time, he also studied hymnology. While a student his influences included geologist Karl Georg von Raumer. He worked as a teacher at a trade school in Berlin (from 1829) and at a private school in Stetten (

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) from 1839, then in 1845 was named a professor at a Realgymnasium in

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, followed by a directorship at a Realschule in

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(from 1849). In 1861 he received a doctorate in

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

from the University of Breslau, and during the same year, moved to Dresden, where he focused on literary and hymnological studies.Wackernagel, Karl Eduard Philipp
Christian Classics Ethereal Library / Schaff Encycl.A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of ..., Volume 1
by John Julian He was one of the founders of the

Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag The German Evangelical Church Assembly (German ''Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag'', DEKT) is an assembly of lay members of the Evangelical Church in Germany, that organises biennial events of faith, culture and political discussion. History ...

. In addition to his publications in the field of hymnology, he was the author of works on crystallography and

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

Selected works

* ''Das deutsche Kirchenlied : von Martin Luther bis auf Nicolaus Herman und Ambrosius Blaurer'' (1841) – German hymns of

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...

up until

Nikolaus Herman Nikolaus Herman (first name also ''Nicolaus'' or ''Niklas''; 1500 – 3 May 1561) was a German Lutheran cantor and teacher, creating numerous Protestant hymns. Some of them are contained in hymnals in several languages. Career Herman was born ...

and Ambrosius Blaurer / a collection of 850 hymns. * ''Paulus Gerhardts geistliche Lieder'' (1843) –

Paul Gerhardt Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran minister and hymnodist. Biography Gerhardt was born into a middle-class family at Gräfenhainichen, a small town between Halle and Wittenberg. His father died in ...

's hymns. * ''Über deutsche Orthographie'' (first part, 1848) – On German

orthography An orthography is a set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word breaks, emphasis, and punctuation. Most transnational languages in the modern period have a writing system, and mos ...

. * ''Bibliographie zur Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes im 16. Jahrhundert'' (1855), – Bibliography on the history of German hymns of the 16th century / descriptions of 1,148 song-books and sheets. * ''Gesangbuch für Kirche, Schule, und Haus'' (1860) – Hymnbook for church, school and home. * ''Das deutsche Kirchenlied von der ältesten Zeit bis zu Anfang des XVII. Jahrhunderts'' (5 volumes, 1864–77) – German hymns from the earliest times to the beginning of the 17th century / 6,783 hymns. * ''Beiträge zur niederländischen Hymnologie'' (1867) – Contribution to Dutch hymnology.HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wackernagel, Philipp 1800 births 1877 deaths Writers from Berlin Hymnologists University of Breslau alumni Heads of schools in Germany 19th-century musicologists