Abraham Starck
Abraham Starck (also Abraham Stark ; * 1659 in Elbogen , Northern Bohemia ; † March 18, 1709 ibid) was the most important Bohemian organ builder of the Baroque.
Life
His father Andreas Starck was an organist in Elbogen (Loket) and later became mayor there, the mother was Margarethe née Francke [n]. Abraham Starck may have been an apprentice to Michael Kanhäuser . After that, he probably worked in Prague for a while. The first order for the Strahov Monastery there is known to have been from 1683 . Then he founded an organ building workshop in his hometown of Elbogen.
Abraham Starck is considered to be the most important organ builder in Bohemia in his time and is also known as the Bohemian silver man . He founded the Elbogen Organ Building School , which was continued by his students Johann Adam Pleyer and Franz Fassmann and his brother Wenzel Starck. Another student was Johann Leopold Burkhardt .
Works (selection)
Abraham Starck built organs mainly in Bohemia, but also in Moravia . Some have been preserved in larger or smaller parts.
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1688 | Plaß (Plasy) | Monastery church |
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II | 28 | receive, |
| 1697 | Old Brno (Staré Brno) | Cistercian Church | I / P | 10 | Choir organ, moved to Niemetzke (today Sněžné) after the dissolution of the monastery around 1784, preserved there | |
| 1699 | Golden Crown (Zláta Koruna) | Monastery church |
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II / P | 20th | receive |
| 1700 | Tepl (Teplá) | Premonstratensian Church of the Annunciation | II / P | 14th | Choir organ, rebuilt by Gartner in 1766, preserved | |
| 1702 | Prague old town | Kreuzherrenkirche St. Franziskus |
 |
II / P | 14th | receive |
| 1705 | Prague old town | St. Jacob Church |
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II / P | 26th | later rebuilt and expanded, today IV / P, 93 |
literature
- Vladimir Šlajch: The Elbogen Organ Building School . 1992, pp. 20-24, et al. ö.
- Douglas E. Bush: Strong. In: Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (eds.): The organ. To encyclopedia. Routledge, New York 2006, ISBN 0-415-94174-1 , p. 535.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Organ in Plasy Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
- ^ Organ in Sněžné Orgeldatabase
- ↑ organ in Zlata Koruna organ Database
- ^ Organ in Teplá organ database
- ^ Organ in Prague, organ database
- ↑ The organ of St. Jacob's Basilica in Prague (German, pdf)
- ^ Organ in Prague, organ database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Starck, Abraham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strong, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in Bohemia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1659 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elbogen , Northern Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1709 |
| Place of death | Elbogen , Northern Bohemia |