He was the son of the
Pietist Joachim Lange. He studied
theology at
Halle, and there became acquainted with
Pyra, with whom he wrote ''Thyrsis' und Damons freundschaftliche Lieder'' (1745), attacked
Gottsched, whom they had both ardently followed before, and opposed the use of rhyme in poetry. His strongest claim to fame is a version of
Horace's Odes (1752), which
Lessing criticised. ==Notes==