Introduction

Biography

Sturm stu­died theo­lo­gy at Je­na (1837–1841). He worked as a pri­vate tu­tor at Heil­bronn for two years, then at Frie­sen, Sax­ony, for a year.

In 1845, he be­came tu­tor to Prince Hein­rich XIV of Reuss. After the prince’s con­fir­ma­tion in 1848, Sturm was his tu­tor for three more years in the Gym­na­si­um in Mein­ing­en.

In 1851 he be­came pas­tor of Gö­schitz, and in 1857 of his na­tive vil­lage of Kös­tritz. He re­tired in 1885 with the ti­tle of Ge­heim­kirch­en rat.

Sturm’s re­li­gious po­et­ry ap­peared in:

• Fromme Lied­er (Leip­zig: 1852 and lat­er edi­tions)
• Zwei Ros­en, ode­r das ho­he Lied der Lie­be (Leip­zig: 1854)
• Israelitische Lied­er (3rd ed­it­ion, Hal­le: 1881)
• Palme und Krone (Leip­zig: 1888)

His chief lyr­ics ap­peared in:

• Ge­dichte (6th ed­it­ion, Leip­zig: 1892)
• Neue Ge­dich­te (2nd ed­it­ion Leip­zig:, 1880)
• Lieder und Bild­er (2nd ed­it­ion, 1892)
• Kampf- und Sie­ger­ge­dich­te (Hal­le: 1870)
• Neue Lied­er (1880 & 1888)
• Neue lyr­ische Ge­dich­te (Leip­zig)
• In Freud und Leid, letz­te Lied­er (1896)