Johannes Daniel Falk
Johannes Daniel Falk (28 October 1768 Danzig – 14 February 1826 Weimar) was a German publisher and poet.
Falk was born in Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish province of Royal Prussia, where he received his first education against the wishes of his father, who wanted to employ the child in his business as wig maker. The Danzig city council granted Falk a theology stipendium at Halle, but he did not become a preacher and frequented literary circles of Schiller and Goethe instead.
In 1816 he wrote the German text O Du Fröhliche.. to the melody of one of the most popular Christmas songs, O Sanctissima.
Falk was the founder of the Falk'sche Institute, a public education place for orphans in Weimar. He died in that city in 1826.
References
External links
- Works by or about Johannes Daniel Falk at Internet Archive
- Works by Johannes Daniel Falk at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Johann Daniel Falk works, MSS 1992 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
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