Hieronymus van Alphen
Hieronymus van Alphen (8 August 1746 in Gouda – 2 April 1803 in The Hague), was a Dutch jurist in Utrecht, Leiden and The Hague, especially remembered as a poet, particularly for his poems for children under the title Kleine gedigten voor kinderen (Utrecht 1778–1782).[1]
Career overview
Van Alphen was appointed as Treasurer-General of the Dutch Republic in June 1793 but, as an Orangist, was relieved of his position as a result of the Batavian Revolution in 1795.[2]
Van Alphen’s children’s poems express a modern vision of children for his time. As these booklets were a great success, they were reprinted dozens of times and also translated into French, German, English, West Frisian and in the Malay language. Composers as Bartholomeus Rulofs, Ernst Christian Graf and Christian Friedrich Ruppe put them to music.
The affably poet Hieronymus van Alphen considers children as pure and innocent creatures, to whom virtues as obedience, esteem for their parents and for God, as well as modesty could be taught. Van Alphen was of the opinion that children should be able to learn playfully.[3]
See also
Works
- Proeve van stichtelijke mengel-poëzij (1771–1782)
- Klaagzang (1775)
- Gedigten en overdenkingen (1777)
- Kleine gedigten voor kinderen (1778–1782)
- Theorie der schoone kunsten en wetenschappen (1778–1780)
- Digtkundige verhandelingen (1782)
- De waare volksverlichting met opzigt tot godsdienst en staatkunde beschouwd (1793)
- Kleine bijdragen tot bevordering van wetenschap en deugd (1796)
- Predikt het evangelium allen creaturen (1801)
- Proeve van liederen en gezangen voor den openbaaren godsdienst (1801–1802)
References
- ↑ Buijnsters, Gedigten
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- ↑ Buijnsters, Hiëronymus van Alphen, passim
Sources
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- P.J. Buijnsters (editor), Kleine gedigten voor kinderen, Amsterdam, 1998. ISBN 9025301746.
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- Works by Hieronymus van Alphen at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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| Preceded by | Treasurer-General 1793–1795 |
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