Sebastian Sailer

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Portrait of Sebastian Sailer, by Gottfried Bernhard Göz

Sebastian Sailer (born Johann Valentin Sailer; February 12, 1714 - March 7, 1777) was a German Premonstratensian Baroque preacher and writer. He is especially known for his comedies written in Swabian German.

1 Writings
- 1.1 Works written in dialect
- 1.2 Theological and historical works
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Writings

[edit] Works written in dialect

Sailer's Swabian dialect is that of his hometown Weißenhorn (in what is now Bavarian Swabia) with influences by the hefty rural dialect of his Upper Swabian parishes.

Schöpfung der ersten Menschen, der Sündenfall und dessen Strafe (Creation of the First Men, the Fall of Mankind and its Punishment, commonly referred to as Die Schwäbische Schöpfung, i. e. The Swabian Creation), musical comedy, 1743
Der Fall Luzifers (The Fall of Lucifer), musical comedy, after 1738
Die sieben Schwaben, oder: Die Hasenjagd (The Seven Swabians, or The Hunting of the Hare), comedy, c. 1756
Beste Gesinnungen Schwäbischer Herzen (Best Dispositions of Swabian Hearts), cantata, 1770
Die Schultheißenwahl zu Limmelsdorf (The Mayoral Election at Limmelsdorf), play, 1770
Die schwäbischen heiligen drei Könige (The Swabian Three Magi), comedy, 1771
Bauernhochzeit (Peasant Wedding), ballad
Peter als Gott Vater (Peter as God the Father), ballad
various occasional musical comedies containing Latin, standard German and dialect passages

[edit] Theological and historical works

Vier Sendschreiben wider H. P. Aug. Dornblüth (Four Epistles against H. P. Aug. Dornblüth), published under the pseudonym Benastasii Liares, 1755-1756
Das Marianische Orakel (The Marian Oracle), meditations, 1763
Kempensis Marianus, Latin meditations, 1764
Geistliche Reden (Theological Speeches), three volumes, 1766-1770
Das jubilierende Marchtall (Jubilant Marchtal), a history of the monastery of Obermarchtal, 1771
Geistliche Schaubühne („Spiritual Playhouse“), texts for oratorios, 1774

[edit] References

Hans Albrecht Oehler: Sebastian Sailer. 1714-1777. Chorherr, Dorfpfarrer, Dichter. Marbacher Magazin, Vol. 76. Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, Marbach am Neckar 1996, ISBN 3-929146-49-5

[edit] External links

Sailer Museum in Dieterskirch

Persondata
NAME	Sailer, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sailer, Johann Valentin
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Premonstratensian preacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weißenhorn, Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1777
PLACE OF DEATH	Obermarchtal, Baden-Württemberg