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A Heinrich Schütz Reader
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was the most important and influential German composer of the seventeenth century. In A Heinrich Schütz Reader, the composer and his times are brought to life through the translation of more than 150 documents by or about the composer, each complemented with richly detailed annotations and commentary.
Letters and Documents of Heinrich Schütz, 1656-1672
Concentrating on the period after the death of the Saxon elector, Johann Georg I, this edition examines the sources published by Mueller, and supplements them with a detailed commentary and further documents which provide a context for the composer's letters.
Descendents [sic] of Jacob and Susanna Kissinger
A genealogy of the descendants of Jacob Kissinger born about 1690 and his wife Susanna. He came form the Protocols of Electoral Palatinate District of Heidelberg to America in 1726/27. Many of his descendants settled in Gratz Valley, Berks County, Lebanon County, and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The Problem of Being Modern, Or, The German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution
In The Problem of Being Modern, Thomas P. Saine provides a lucid introduction to German thought in the eighteenth century and the struggle of Enlightenment philosophers and writers to come to grips with the profound philosophical and theological implications of new scientific developments since the seventeenth century. He concentrates on those points at which the essential modernity and the secular viewpoint of the Enlightenment conflicted with traditional thought structures rooted in the religious world view that governed attitudes and behavior far into the eighteenth century.
German Immigrants
The second volume of German Immigrants provides information on about 35,000 German immigrants from Bremen who arrived in New York from 1855 to 1862. The names are arranged alphabetically, and family members are grouped together, usually under the head of the household. In addition, data on age, place of origin, date of arrival, and the name of the ship are supplied, plus citations to the original source material.
