Early in his life he contributed to the periodical Bremer Beitrage, and made the acquaintance of Jakob Bodmer, who invited him to live in Zurich.
Early in his life he contributed to the periodical Bremer Beitrage, and made the acquaintance of Jakob Bodmer, who invited him to live in Zurich. His first wife Margareta Moller assumes the name "Cidli" in his poetry, and his dramatic works include The Death of Adams and Salomo, both based on the Old Testament. At a key moment in The Sorrows of Young Werther, Lotte lays her hand on Werther's and utters this poet's name, referencing his 1747 ode "To My Friend," later rewritten in 1767 as "Wingolf." FTP, name this 18th century German poet of the Christian epic "The Messiah," whose "Resurrection Ode" inspired Mahler's Symphony No. 2 of the same name.
Early in his life he contributed to the periodical Bremer Beitrage, and made the acquaintance of Jakob Bodmer, who invited him to live in Zurich.
Friedrich Gottlieb {Klopstock}