Friedrich von Hagedorn (23 April 1708 – 28 October 1754),
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poet
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, was born at
Hamburg
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, where his father, a man of scientific and literary taste, was Danish
ambassador
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.
His younger brother,
Christian Ludwig, was a well known art historian and collector.
Biography
Life
He was educated at the
gymnasium of Hamburg, and later (1726) became a student of
law at
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...
. Returning to Hamburg in 1729, he obtained the appointment of unpaid private secretary to the Danish ambassador in London, where he lived till 1731.
Hagedorn's return to Hamburg was followed by a period of great poverty and hardship, but in 1733 he was appointed secretary to the so-called "English Court" (''Englischer Hof'') in Hamburg, a trading company founded in the 13th century.
[ He shortly afterwards married, and from this time had sufficient leisure to pursue his literary occupations until his death.
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Career
The first collection of Hagedorn's poems was published at Hamburg shortly after his return from Jena in 1729, under the title ''Versuch einiger Gedichte'' (reprinted by A. Sauer, Heilbronn, 1883). In 1738 appeared ''Versuch in poetischen Fabeln und Erzählungen'';lyric poems
Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
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, under the title ''Sammlung neuer Oden und Lieder'';Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
set his poem ''Die Alte'' (''The Old Woman'') in his song of the same name (K. 517) in 1787. Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
set two of his poems in his canons (a capella songs) (Hob. XXVIIb).
References
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External links
Poems of Friedrich von Hagedorn (Complete)
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1708 births
1754 deaths
18th-century German poets
Writers from Hamburg
University of Jena alumni
German male poets
German-language poets
18th-century German male writers