Albert Lang (organ builder)

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Albert Lang (born June 16, 1825 in Berlin , † 1903 in Berlin) was a German organ builder in Berlin.

Life

He learned organ building from his father Wilhelm Lang and later became an assistant and works manager at Lang & Dinse . In 1859, after the death of his father, he went into business for himself and founded an organ building workshop at Alexandrinenstrasse 109 in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

Albert Lang was considered a reliable and conscientious organ builder and business partner. He only built mechanical slider chest organs.

Work (selection)

About 50 new organs by Albert Lang are known in the Mark Brandenburg , mostly in village churches. Some have been preserved. Instruments that are no longer available are in italics .

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1862 Hohenschönhausen near Berlin Village church, today Tabor Church Taborkirche Hohenschönhausen organ 2010-04-07 01.jpg I / P 7th Gift from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV., Originally above the altar, transferred to the patronage gallery in 1905, restored
1864 Krausnick Village church I / P 8th
1865 Prenzlau French Reformed Church II / P 14th only the empty case and remains of the mechanics remain, the church is no longer in use
1868 Stegelitz, Uckermark Village church I / P 8th
around 1868/69 Schöneberg near Berlin St. Matthias Marienkirche Biesenthal organ 839.JPG I / P 9 in a newly built church, donated to the Catholic Church of St. Marien in Biesenthal , Barnim in 1925 , restoration by Eberswalder organ building workshop in 2009
before 1869 Klandorf Village church I / p 6th Organ, which was overtaken by Lang, was installed in Klandorf in 1869, replaced by Kienscherf in 1906
1869 Kablow Village church I / P 8th
1869 Hohengüstow Village church II / P 11 Replaced in 1959
1869 Trebatsch Village church II / P 11
around 1870 (?) Lindenhagen Village church I / P 8th
around 1870 (?) New Golm church I / P 8th
1870 Dedelow , Uckermark Village church today II / P, 10, received
1871 Herzfelde , Uckermark Village church I / P 5 not playable
1872 Zehlendorf Village church I / P 10
1873 Lützlow Village church II / P 19th
1873 Ellingen, Uckermark Village church I / P 6th
1874 Marienwerder, Uckermark Village church I / P 9 receive
1877 Schmachtenhagen, Uckermark Village church II / P 11
1877 New Zittau church II / P 19th
1877 New Schadow Village church I / P 6th
1877 Hennickendorf Village church I / P 8th 1996 cleaning of the pipes
1878 Glazov Village church I / P 9
1879 Warnitz Village church I / P 9
1880 Old Bork Village church I. 4th
around 1880 (?) Ahrensdorf Village church I / P 8th
1881 Predikov Village church
Prötzel - Prädikow - Church - 33.JPG
 I / P 7th in urgent need of restoration
1882 Friedersdorf Village church today II / P, 13
1883 Strain Village church I / P 9
1883 Börnicke , Barnim Village church
Börnicke church interior SW.jpg
 I / P 8th 2001 general overhaul by Fahlberg
1884 Seeberg near Altlandsberg Village church Destroyed in 1945
1891 Netherlands Village church I / P 8th
1897 Lichtenow Village church
Organ Church Lichtenow.jpg
 I / P 6th receive

literature

  • Christhard Kirchner, Uwe Pape: Albert Lang . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. S. 328f.

Web links

  • Albert Lang Institute for Organ Research, biographical information

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our Albert-Lang-Organ Taborgemeinde
  2. ^ Organ Organ directory
  3. ^ Hannes Ludwig: Organ manual Brandenburg. Volume 1. Uckermark (eastern part) . Freimut und Selbst, Berlin 2005.
  4. ↑ Organ in Stegelitz Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
  5. ^ Organ Institute for Organ Research
  6. ^ Organ in Klandorf Institute for Organ Research
  7. ^ Organ in Lindenhagen orgeldatabase
  8. ↑ Organ Organ Database (Dutch)
  9. ^ Hannes Ludwig: Organ manual Brandenburg. Volume 1. Uckermark (western part) . Freimut und Selbst, Berlin 2005, p. 76
  10. ↑ Organ Organ Database (Dutch)
  11. ↑ Information organ database
  12. ↑ Organ Organ Database (Dutch)
  13. ^ Organ Institute for Organ Research
  14. ↑ Information organ database
  15. ↑ Information organ database
  16. ^ Organ in Hennickendorf Institute for Organ Research
  17. ^ Organ in the Prötzel Institute for Organ Research
  18. ↑ Information organ database
  19. ^ Organ Institute for Organ Research
  20. ^ Organ in Lichtenow Institute for Organ Research
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1903
Place of death Berlin