Organeum

Organeum

The Organeum in Weener is a cultural and educational center with a museum for keyboard instruments .

Story and concept

Looking west: Organeum with garden

The representative villa of the Organeum was designed by the architect Stüve in 1870–1873 and built by Jan Hesse. Stylistically, the building combines elements of the English neo-Gothic , the Dutch town house and the ancient atrium into a closed whole, following the principle of eclecticism . The upper-class city villa in the old town center of Weener, which served as a residential building for a long time, is located in the immediate vicinity of the historic Arp Schnitger organ from 1710. The city of Weener, as the owner, had the building restored in the 1990s. In 2012/2013 an exterior and interior renovation followed, which included a reconstruction of the balcony and winter garden.

The Organeum was founded in 1997 by Harald Vogel and serves to develop, research and promote the north-west German organ landscape. Winfried Dahlke has been the artistic director of the Organeum LKMD since 2002 . The Organeum is in the context of the East Frisian cultural area, with over 100 historical instruments from seven centuries one of the richest organ landscapes in the world. Initially an institution of the East Frisian Landscape , it has been supported since 2006 as ORGANEUM - Ostfriesische Orgelakademie by the Ostfrieslandstiftung der Ostfriesische Landschaft, the Georgskirche in Weener and the city of Weener. The organ center receives further support from the “Förderkreis Organeum in Weener eV”.

The instrument collection is integrated into an educational concept that aims to convey the sound, function and history of the old instruments to a wide audience and is designed to be interactive. Various transportable functional organ models, which are also demonstrated in schools, an exhibition on organ culture and the use of audiovisual media provide support. As an organ center, cultural center and organizational center, the Organeum organizes guided tours, concerts, master classes, advanced training courses, tourist excursions and offers space for a diverse range of cultural activities. A representative selection of organ sheet music can be viewed. An organological library is available for research purposes. As part of a research project by the Organeum, Winfried Dahlke and organ builder Jürgen Ahrend inventoried the inscriptions on the historic pipe work of the organ in the Great Church in Leer from 2006–2008 and documented the organ's history scientifically.

Instrument inventory (selection)

As a museum, the Organeum u. a. a collection of around 40 valuable historical keyboard instruments and replicas . It is supplemented by some suction wind harmonies .

year	instrument	builder	image	Art	Remarks
1741	harpsichord	Christian Zell (Hamburg)		original	one-manual; built for the last East Frisian prince Carl Edzard ; one of the best preserved harpsichords of the German high baroque
1790	Cabinet organ	Ibe Peters Iben (Emden)		original	with double doors; 5 registers ; Restored in 2007/2008 by Reinalt Johannes Klein
around 1796	Bureaux organ	Frans Casper Snitger / Heinrich Hermann Freytag		original	5 registers; built into a secretary
around 1800	Cabinet organ	Jan Jacob Vool (Netherlands)		original	6 registers in bass, 8 in treble
1822	Square piano	Johann Peter Hinrichs (Hamburg)		original	with simple push mechanism
around 1825	Square piano	Ludwig Kulmbach (Heilbronn)		original	2013 restoration by Bartelt Immer
around 1830	Physharmonica	unknown builder		original	Forerunner of the later harmonium with an 8 ′; Loan from Winfried Dahlke
Mid 19th century	Square piano	Knake Brothers (Münster)		original	with metal frame; Permanent loan from the Weener local history museum
19th century	Pressure wind harmonium	Wilhelm Rudolph (Giessen)		original	two-way
1867	Pressure wind harmonium	Alexandre-François Debain (Paris)		original	an 8 'register
2nd half of the 19th century	Pressure wind harmonium	Schiedmayer Company (Stuttgart)		original	two-manual; Loan from Winfried Dahlke
1881	Artificial harmonium	Victor Mustel (Paris)		original	5 bass and 7 treble registers; Loan from Winfried Dahlke
around 1888	wing	John Broadwood & Sons (London)		original	Rosewood veneer
19th century	Pressure wind harmonium	Wilhelm Emmer (Berlin)		original	two games in 8 ′ and 4 ′
19./20. Century	Pressure wind harmonium	GF Steinmeyer & Co.		original	unrestored
19./20. Century	Pressure wind harmonium	Gustav Steinmann organ building		original	rebuilt in the 20th century
around 1900	Pressure wind harmonium	Schiedmayer Company (Stuttgart)		original	Loan from Winfried Dahlke
around 1920	Pedal piano	Berdux (Munich)		original	with full pedal keyboard, which is coupled an octave lower (corresponding to the 16 feet on the organ); On permanent loan from the Janse-Balzer family
1st half of the 20th century	Pedal harmonium	Theodor Mannborg (Leipzig)		original	with full pedal keyboard
1st half of the 20th century	Case harmonium	"Voorheen Jac. van Breemen Aalsmeer organ-piano-en radio trade "		original	8 ′ register with 3 manubria
1966	harpsichord	Klaus Ahrend		Replica	two-manual, after Dulcken
1969	harpsichord	Klaus Ahrend		Replica	based on the Italian model
1976	harpsichord	Keith Hill		Replica	after a Flemish Ruckers -Cembalo (17th century) with a short octave , on loan from Harald Vogel
1977	Clavichord	Keith Hill		based on models	after Johann Adolph Hass (Hamburg, 1740)
1979	harpsichord	Martin Sassmann		Copy	two-manual, after Christian Zell (Hamburg, 1728)
1983	Harpsichord universale ( Cimbalo cromatico )	Keith Hill		reconstruction	with 19 keys per octave (divided upper keys as subsemitonies ) according to the description by Michael Praetorius (1619)
1983	Organ shelf	Engelke Brink		Kit instrument with its own tongues	Production of the tongues with the advice of Jürgen Ahrend
1990	House organ	Jürgen Ahrend		original	two-manual, 11 stops with pedals in the baroque style; originally privately owned in Celle
1994	Canopy organ	Jürgen Ahrend		Replica of a Renaissance organ (1559) after Michael Strobl on the Churburg for Count Trapp	single manual, 6 registers; Permanent loan from the EKHN
2007	Clavichord	Matthias Griewisch		reconstruction	Replica of a bound clavichord after Michael Praetorius : Syntagma musicum (1619)
2007	Organ function model	Harm Dieder Kirschner		model
2010	Organ function model	Winold van der Putten		model	"Organ for the classroom"
2012	Clavichord	Gregor Bergmann		Replica	after Christian Gottlob Hubert (Ansbach, 1789)
2016	Organ function model	Gregor Bergmann		model	"Suitcase organ"

literature

• Winfried Dahlke, Günter GA Marklein: Organeum. Organ Academy Ostfriesland . Isensee, Oldenburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7308-1320-1 .

Web links

Commons : Organeum Weener  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Organeum (with photos, audio samples and descriptions of the instruments)
• orgel.edskes.net: Photos by W. Dahlke

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dahlke, Marklein: Organeum. 2016, pp. 7–9.
2. ↑ Jürgen Ahrend, Winfried Dahlke: Documentation of the organ of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Leer . Print-on-demand, without location 2008.
3. ^ Michael Praetorius: Syntagma musicum. Vol. 2: De Organographia (1619). Reprint: Bärenreiter, Kassel 2001, ISBN 978-3-7618-1527-4 , pp. 63-66 ( online , accessed July 14, 2017).
4. ↑ Photos on flickr , viewed January 12, 2012.

Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′ 58.7 ″  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 20.5 ″  E