Sebastian Sailer (12 February 1714 in
Weißenhorn
Weißenhorn is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. Weißenhorn is located about 22 km southeast of Ulm.
History
Archaeologic finds prove that the area of Weißenhorn was once a settlement of the Alamanni. Also Roman artifacts and ...
– 7 March 1777 in
Obermarchtal
Obermarchtal is a town in the district of Alb-Donau (district), Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
References
Alb-Donau-Kreis
Württemberg
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), born Johann Valentin Sailer, was a German
Premonstratensian
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Baroque
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preacher and writer. He is especially known for his comedies written in
Swabian German
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.
Writings
Works written in dialect
Sailer's Swabian dialect is that of his hometown Weißenhorn (in what is now Bavarian Swabia) with influences by the hefty rural dialect of his Upper Swabian parishes.
*''Schöpfung der ersten Menschen, der Sündenfall und dessen Strafe'' (Creation of the First Men, the Fall of Mankind and its Punishment, commonly referred to as ''Die Schwäbische Schöpfung'', i. e. The Swabian Creation), musical comedy, 1743
*''Der Fall Luzifers'' (The Fall of Lucifer), musical comedy, after 1738
*''Die sieben Schwaben, oder: Die Hasenjagd'' (
The Seven Swabians
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, or The Hunting of the Hare), comedy, c. 1756
*''Beste Gesinnungen Schwäbischer Herzen'' (Best Dispositions of Swabian Hearts), cantata, 1770
*''Die Schultheißenwahl zu Limmelsdorf'' (The Mayoral Election at Limmelsdorf), play, 1770
*''Die schwäbischen heiligen drei Könige'' (The Swabian Three Magi), comedy, 1771
*''Bauernhochzeit'' (Peasant Wedding), ballad
*''Peter als Gott Vater'' (Peter as God the Father), ballad
*various occasional musical comedies containing Latin, standard German and dialect passages
Theological and historical works
*''Vier Sendschreiben wider H. P. Aug. Dornblüth'' (Four Epistles against H. P. Aug. Dornblüth), published under the pseudonym Benastasii Liares, 1755-1756
*''Das Marianische Orakel'' (The Marian Oracle), meditations, 1763
*''Kempensis Marianus'', Latin meditations, 1764
*''Geistliche Reden'' (Theological Speeches), three volumes, 1766-1770
*''Das jubilierende Marchtall'' (Jubilant Marchtal), a history of the monastery of Obermarchtal, 1771
*''Geistliche Schaubühne'' („Spiritual Playhouse“), texts for oratorios, 1774
References
*Hans Albrecht Oehler: ''Sebastian Sailer. 1714-1777. Chorherr, Dorfpfarrer, Dichter''. Marbacher Magazin, Vol. 76. Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, Marbach am Neckar 1996,
External links
Sailer Museum in Dieterskirch
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1714 births
1777 deaths
People from Neu-Ulm (district)
Premonstratensians
German male non-fiction writers
18th-century German Roman Catholic priests
18th-century German Catholic theologians
Swabian-language writers