Klopstock
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- proper noun
- Literature
- The German poet Klopstock is renowned for his epic work 'The Messiah,' which greatly influenced early Romanticism.
- German poet Klopstock
- Klopstock moved to Copenhagen
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Financially supported by King Frederick V of Denmark, Klopstock moved to Copenhagen in 1751 and remained there for nineteen years.
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Influenced by Klopstock's epic Messias, Denis wrote his translation in Homeric hexameters.
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Consequently, many Germans, among them Klopstock, decided it was an opportune time to return to their homeland.
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Once home, Klopstock continued to view Ossian as the forefather of German literature.
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To Klopstock, the importance of the Poems of Ossian did not lie simply in their texts, but also in the music which supposedly accompanied them.
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Awareness of Ossian in both Denmark and Germany originally sprang from a single source, the German poet Klopstock.
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Klopstock believed that by studying the music to the Poems of Ossian, he could decipher the rhythmic structure of ancient poetry.
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To find the first traces of Ossian in Danish literature, one must return to Klopstock's years in Copenhagen and the project he proposed to Johannes Ewald.
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In 1769, he wrote to Macpherson requesting the music to Ossian's texts, but Macpherson never responded, so Klopstock endeavored to collect the music through other means.
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With the help of J.H.E. Bernstorff, the patron and protector of the German Circle in Copenhagen, Klopstock devised a plan that required the assistance of a young Dane named Johannes Ewald.
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Synonyms
A German poet famous for the long poem The Messiah
Surface Forms
Etymology
Klopstock is a German family name made from klop- 'to knock' and stock 'stick' or 'staff'. A helpful way to remember the poet Klopstock is to imagine someone who 'knocks' with a 'stick', like a writer whose words 'strike' and move readers.