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Christian Morgenstern
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{{Short description|German author and poet (1871â1914)}}{{for|the German landscape painter|Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern}}{{more citations needed|date=April 2021}}- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Weil, so schlieÃt er messerscharf / Nicht sein kann, was nicht sein darf.
"For, he reasons pointedly / That which must not, can not be."
Embedded in his humorous poetry is a subtle metaphysical streak, as e.g. in "Vice Versa", (1905):{{col-begin|width=auto}}{{col-break|gap=1em}}Ein Hase sitzt auf einer Wiese, des Glaubens, niemand sähe diese. Doch im Besitze eines ZeiÃes betrachtet voll gehaltnen FleiÃes vom vis-à -vis gelegnen Berg ein Mensch den kleinen Löffelzwerg. Ihn aber blickt hinwiederum ein Gott von fern an, mild und stumm.{{col-break|gap=2em}}"A rabbit in his meadow lair Imagines none to see him there. But aided by a looking lens A man with eager diligence Inspects the tiny long-eared gnome From a convenient near-by dome. Yet him surveys, or so we learn A god from far off, mild and stern."{{col-end}}Gerolf Steiner's mock-scientific book about the fictitious animal order Rhinogradentia (1961), inspired by Morgenstern's nonsense poem Das NasobÄm, is testament to his enduring popularity.Morgenstern was a member of the General Anthroposophical Society. Dr. Rudolf Steiner called him 'a true representative of Anthroposophy'.Morgenstern died in 1914 of tuberculosis, which he had contracted from his mother, who died in 1881.Gallows Songs
Morgenstern's best known works are the Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs, 1905). This volume of humorous verses was followed by Palmström in 1910. Published posthumously were the important companion volumes Palma Kunkel in 1916, Der Gingganz in 1919, and Alle Galgenlieder in 1932. In German these works have gone through dozens of different editions and reprints and sold hundreds of thousands of copies.Morgenstern as translator
Christian Morgenstern was also an acclaimed translator, rendering into German various prominent works from Norwegian and French, including the dramas and poems of Henrik Ibsen, Knut Hamsun, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and August Strindberg.Musical settings
Morgenstern's poems have been set to music by composers such as Erik Bergman (four Galgenlieder, Das groÃe Lalula, Tapetenblume, Igel und Agel, Unter Zeiten), Hanns Eisler, Sofia Gubaidulina, Lera Auerbach, Paul Graener, Friedrich Gulda, Paul Hindemith, Robert Kahn, Yrjö Kilpinen, Margarete Schweikert, Matyas Seiber (Two Madrigals and Three Morgenstern Lieder for soprano and clarinet), Rudi Spring (Galgenliederbuch nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern op. 19), Siegfried Strohbach (5 Galgenlieder), Graham Waterhouse (Gruselett, Der Werwolf), Timothy Hoekman ("Der Werwolf" in Drei Legenden) and Alexander von Zemlinsky (Es waren zwei Kinder, Vöglein Schwermut, Der Abend, Abendkelch voll Sonnenlicht, Du gabst mir deine Kette and Auf dem Meere meiner Seele), Andres Condon (CD Corazon de Aguila) and Meinrad Kneer (Meinrad Kneer's Phosphoros Ensemble plays Christian Morgenstern).Essays, reviews and aphorisms
In his early years Christian Morgenstern wrote a considerable number of essays and reviews for various German periodicals. They have been collected together and published in Volume 6 (Kritische Schriften, 1987) of the German collected works of Morgenstern. His philosophical and mythical works were largely influenced by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, the Austrian educationalist Rudolf Steiner (the originator of anthroposophy and the Waldorf school movement), and the Russian writers Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy.Perhaps Morgenstern's most philosophical volume is a collection of aphorisms published posthumously in 1918 entitled Stufen: Eine Entwickelung in Aphorismen und Tagebuch-Notizen (Stages: A Development in Aphorisms and Diary Notes). It has given rise to a number of celebrated quotations. These include:- "Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood."
- "I shall excavate the strata of my soul."
- "I'm a man of limits: forever physically, emotionally, morally and artistically on the brink of plunging into the abyss. Yet I manage to keep my balance and possess presence of mind."
- "I bear no treasures within me. I only possess the power to transform much of what I touch into something of value. I have no depths, save my incessant desire for the depths." (Translated by David W. Wood)
Collected works
A complete edition of the works of Christian Morgenstern in German in nine volumes is currently being prepared by Verlag Urachhaus (Stuttgart) under the direction of Professor Reinhardt Habel. Volumes 1 and 2 comprise Morgenstern's lyrical writings and poems; volume 3: humoristic writings, including the complete Gallows Songs; volume 4: epic and theatrical writings; volume 5: collected aphorisms; volume 6: critical essays and reviews; volumes 7-9: complete correspondence. The volume titles in German are:- Volume 1: Lyrik 1887â1905, ed. Martin Kiessig, 1988.
- Volume 2: Lyrik 1906â1914, ed. Martin Kiessig, 1992.
- Volume 3: Humoristische Lyrik, ed. Maurice Cureau, 1990.
- Volume 4: Episches und Dramatisches, eds. Reinhardt Habel and Ernst Kretschmer, 2001.
- Volume 5: Aphorismen, ed. Reinhardt Habel, 1987.
- Volume 6: Kritische Schriften, ed. Helmut Gumtau, 1987.
- Volume 7: Briefwechsel 1878â1903, ed. Katharina Breitner, 2005.
- Volume 8: Briefwechsel 1905â1908, ed. Katharina Breitner, 2011.
- Volume 9: Briefwechsel 1909â1914, ed. Agnes Harder, 2018.
References
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- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Christian Morgenstern}}
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Literature
- Michael Bauer: . Piper, München 1933 (completed by Margareta Morgenstern and Rudolf Meyer. With contributions by Friedrich Kayssler and others). (Reprint 1985, Urachhaus, Stuttgart).
- Martin Beheim-Schwarzbach: . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1964, {{ISBN|3-499-50097-3}} (Rowohlts Monographien, Band 97)
- Maurice Cureau: . Peter Lang, Bern 1986.
- Herbert Gumtau: . Colloquium, Berlin 1971.
- Reinhardt Habel: Morgenstern, Christian. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, {{ISBN|3-428-00199-0}}, S. 104â108 (Digitalisat).
- Reinhardt Habel: "Christian Morgenstern and Rudolf Steiner"
- Ueli Haldimann (Hrsg.): Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann und andere in Arosa â Texte und Bilder aus zwei Jahrhunderten, AS Verlag und Buchkonzept AG, Zürich 2001, pp. 65â71, {{ISBN|3-905111-67-5}}
- Heiko Postma: ...um des Reimes willen" Ãber den Poeten Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), jmb Verlag, Hannover 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-944342-61-0}}.
- Anthony T. Wilson: Ãber die Galgenlieder Christian Morgensterns. Königshausen und Neumann (= Epistemata â Würzburger wissenschaftliche Schriften. Reihe Literaturwissenschaft, Bd. 448), 2003, {{ISBN|978-3-8260-2490-0}}.
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