Adam Gottfried Oehme

Adam Gottfried Oehme (born July 28, 1719 in Grünhainichen ; † November 25, 1789 in Freiberg ) was a German organ builder who worked in the Electorate of Saxony in the 18th century .

life and work

Oehme was Gottfried Silbermann's last student . From about 1737 to 1743 learned organ building from the Freiberg master, was from 1744 to 1746 as a journeyman with Johann Ernst Hähnel in Meißen , and then worked as a journeyman at Silbermann until 1753. After Silbermann's death, he continued the Freiberg workshop together with Johann Georg Schön and took it over alone from 1764.

List of works (selection)

In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals and a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal . The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers . The last column provides information on the state of preservation and links with further information. Italic writing indicates that the organ is no longer preserved or only the historical case.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1756-1759	Hainichen	Trinity Church		II / P	25th	together with Johann Georg Schön; Prospectus 1982 transferred to Cottbus / Oberkirche St. Nikolai and received there
1765-1767	Cammerswalde	Cämmerswalde Church		II / P	18th	receive
1771	Weigmannsdorf	Ev. church		I / P	11	receive
1772-1774	Brand-Erbisdorf	City Church		II / P	21st	largely preserved
1774 or 1776	Kleinwaltersdorf	Village church		I / P	8th	receive
1778-1782	Tuttendorf	St. Anna		I / P	13	largely preserved
1784	Zuckelhausen	church		I / P	14th	Replaced in 1822
1788	Zethau	Elisabeth Church		II / P	19th	receive

literature

• Ulrich Dähnert : Historical organs in Saxony. An organ inventory . VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Frankfurt 1980, ISBN 3-920112-76-8 .
• Frank-Harald Greß : Gottfried Silbermann's organs . (= Publications of the Society of Organ Friends 177 ). 3. Edition. Sandstein, Dresden 2007, ISBN 978-3-930382-50-7 .
• Uwe Pape , Wolfram Hackel (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 2: Saxony and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 .

Web links

• Inventory of the organs in Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pape, Hackel (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 2: Saxony and the surrounding area. 2012, p. 273.