Picander

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Picander was the pen name of Christian Friedrich Henrici, an 18th-century German poet best known for writing many of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred and secular librettos.

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Picander canonical 9

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instanceOf German poet
librettist
person
poet
activeIn 18th century
alsoKnownAs Picander
birthName Christian Friedrich Henrici
collaboratedWith Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony
Germany
dateOfBirth 1700-01-14
dateOfDeath 1764-05-10
educatedAt University of Leipzig
employer Dresden court
surface form: Electoral court at Dresden
genre libretto
sacred poetry
secular poetry
hasGender male
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Baroque
nativeLanguage German
notableFor writing many of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred librettos
writing many of Johann Sebastian Bach’s secular librettos
notableWork Coffee Cantata libretto
Peasant Cantata libretto
St Mark Passion libretto
St Matthew Passion
surface form: St Matthew Passion libretto

libretti for Johann Sebastian Bach
texts for Bach’s sacred cantatas
texts for Bach’s secular cantatas
occupation librettist
poet
partOf German Baroque literary tradition
penNameOf Christian Friedrich Henrici
placeOfBirth Stolpen
placeOfDeath Leipzig
religion Lutheranism
residence Leipzig
usedPseudonym Picander self-link
wroteTextForWork Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
Peasant Cantata, BWV 212
St Mark Passion, BWV 247
St Matthew Passion
surface form: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

numerous church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Christmas Oratorio textAuthor Picander
Picander alsoKnownAs Picander
subject surface form: Christian Friedrich Henrici
Picander usedPseudonym Picander self-link
BWV 244 librettistPseudonym Picander
Cantata I textAuthor Picander
Cantata IV textAuthor Picander