, an eminent musician, was a native of Germany, and a disciple of Sebastian Bach. During
, an eminent musician, was
a native of Germany, and a disciple of Sebastian Bach.
During nearly ten years he was in the band of the electoral
king of Poland at Dresden; but the calamities of war having“reduced that court to a close ceconomy, he left Dresden in 1758, with only three dollars in his pocket, and
proceeded to the next little German capital, where his
talents procured a temporary supply. In 1759 he made
his way to England, where he soon obtained notice and
reward. He was first patronized by the dukje of York:
and on the formation of her present majesty’s band, was
appointed chamber-musician to her majesty, with a salary
of o
”.200 per annum. In 1763, in conjunction with John
Christian Bach, he established a weekly concert by subscription, which was well supported; and he had as many
private pupils as he chose to teach. Abel performed on
several instruments; but that to which he chiefly attached
himself was the viol da gamba, an instrument growing out
of fashion, and now very little used. His hand was that of
a perfect master.
, a native of Germany, was born March 11, 1538, at Annaberg, a little
, a native of Germany, was born March 11, 1538, at Annaberg, a little town of Misnia, near the river Schop, on the side of Bohemia. He waseducated with care, and made great progress in the sciences. He was particularly fond of the study of medicine, physics, the belles-lettres, and the learned languages. He excelled in Latin and Greek, and took delight in travelling over France and Italy for forming acquaintance with those who were in most reputation among the literati. On his return, he was successively professor of poetry and Greek at Wittemberg and Leipsic, but being unwilling to sign the formulary of concord, he was dismissed in 1580, and went into the territories of the priuce of Anhalt-Zerbst, where he died the 5th of October 1611, in the seventy-third year of his age. Bersmann put into verse the Psalms of David, and published editions of Virgil, 1581, Ovid, 1582, JEsop,1590, and of Horace, Lucan, Cicero, and other authors of antiquity. He was not less fertile in body than in mind having fourteen sons and six daughters by his marriage with a daughter of Peter Hellebron. Freyer, however, says that he had only four sons.
have proved that Imina was not the daughter of Charlemagne. Eginhard, however, appears to have been a native of Germany, and educated by the munificence of his imperial
, who flourished in the ninth century, was
the celebrated secretary and supposed son-in-law of Charlemagne. He is said to have been carried through the
snow on the shoulders of his affectionate and ingenious
mistress Imma, to prevent his being tracked from her
apartments by the emperor her father: a story which the
elegant pen of Addison has copied and embellished from
an old German chronicle, and inserted in the third volume
of the Spectator, This happy lover (supposing the story to be true) seems to have possessed a heart not unworthy
of so enchanting a mistress, and to have returned her
affection with the most faithful attachment for there is a
letter of Eginhard’s still extant, lamenting the death of
his wife, which is written in the tenderest strain of connubial affliction; it does not, however, express that this
lady was the affectionate princess, and indeed some late
critics have proved that Imina was not the daughter of
Charlemagne. Eginhard, however, appears to have been
a native of Germany, and educated by the munificence of
his imperial master, of which he has left the most grateful
testimony in his preface to the life of that monarch. After
the loss of his lamented wife, he is supposed to have passed
the remainder of his days in religious retirement, and to
have died soon after the year 840. His life of Charlemagne, written in a style superior to that of his age, his
annals from 741 to 889, and his letters, are all inserted in
the second volume of Duchesne’s “Scriptores Francorum.
”
But there is an improved edition of this valuable historian,
with the annotations of Hermann Schmincke, in 4to, 1711,
and another yet more improved by professor Bredow, in
1806.
, a learned and laborious historian of the sixteenth century, was a native of Germany, a disciple of Melancthon, and became distinguished
, a learned and laborious historian of the sixteenth century, was a native of Germany, a
disciple of Melancthon, and became distinguished by his
genealogical researches. His principal works are, 1. “Genealogiae Familiarum Saxonicarum,
” Hamburgh, Theatrum Genealogicum omnium Ætatum et
Monarchiarum Familias complectens,
” Magdeburgh, 1598, fol.
7 vols. in four, which Clement considers as of great rarity,
and indeed it is very difficult to be found complete. It
contains the Jewish families from Adam to the destruction
of Jerusalem the origin of all other nations, and the families of the second and third monarchies the families of
ancient Greece and Italy, and those of all the principal
modern kingdoms.
, a learned scholar, hitherto strangely overlooked by most foreign biographers, was a native of Germany, born in 1683, but removed in his youth to
, a learned scholar, hitherto strangely overlooked by most foreign biographers,
was a native of Germany, born in 1683, but removed in
his youth to Hamburgh, where he was educated under Fabricius, and assisted him in his “Bibliotheca Graeca,
” as
appears by vol. XIII. of that laborious work. He was a
Lutheran divine, and preached at Hamburgh, where he
was also professor of the Oriental languages, and where he
died in 1739. Many of his works are known in this country, and have been often quoted with approbation by biblical scholars and critics. Among them are, 1. “Historia
Lexicorum Hebraicorum,
” Wittem. Dissertatio de Zabiis,
” ibid. Origenis Philosophumena recognita et nods illustrata,
” Hamb. Dissertatio de Atheism!
falso suspectis,
” Wittem. Casauboniana,
sive Isaaci Casauboni varia de Scriptoribus, librisque judicia,
” Hamb. Libanii epist. adhuc non
editarum centuria selecta Gr. cum versione et nods,
”
Leipsic, Anecdota Gneca sacra et profana,
” Hamb. Curse philologicae et criticae in omnes libros N. T.
” Hamb. Synopsis,
” but
is written with more judgment, and contains the opinions
of many expositors who have lived since the publication
of Pool’s work. Wolfe, moreover, has not followed Pool
in simply relating the sentiments of others, but has frequently animadverted on them with great critical discernment. Wolfe published other works, and new editions, all
which display great learning and critical acumen. His
brother John Christian, who died in 1770, was the author
of the “Monumenta typographies,
” Hamburgh,