Christian Heinrich Postel
German librettist and lawyer (1658–1705) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christian Heinrich Postel (11 October 1658 – 22 March 1705) was a German jurist, epic poet and opera librettist, who wrote 28 libretti for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg: set by composers such as Johann Philipp Förtsch, Reinhard Keiser and Georg Philipp Telemann. His texts for a St John Passion were set by composers Christian Ritter, Johann Mattheson and Johann Sebastian Bach in their respective St John Passion.
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Born | (1658-10-11)11 October 1658 |
Died | 22 March 1705(1705-03-22) (aged 46) |
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