Gotz

Gotz, Johann Nikolaus, born at Worms in 1721, became a theological student and ultimately a military chaplain at Halle. His fame does not rest, however, on divinity, but on his skill as a translator of Anacreon and a composer of light, elegant, and witty lyrics after the French school. Thamire an die Rosen and An eine Romansleserin are, good specimens of his style. He died at Wurtemberg in 1781.