Christian Heinrich Postel

Christian Heinrich Postel
Born(1658-10-11)11 October 1658
Freiburg an der Elbe
Died22 March 1705(1705-03-22) (aged 46)
Hamburg
Education
Occupations
  • Jurist
  • Librettist

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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