Alfred Raupach

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Alfred Raupach (born February 20, 1906 in Gräbel in the Bolkenhain district , † May 22, 1975 in Hattingen ) was a German organ builder.

Life

Gustav Alfred Raupach was the son of the white tanner Gustav Heinrich Raupach. He was born in Gräbel, Bolkenhain district in Silesia in 1906. At the age of fifteen he began an apprenticeship at Schlag & Söhne in Schweidnitz . After the journeyman's examination, he worked at Furtwängler & Hammer and Emil Hammer Orgelbau in Hanover, mainly as a voicer and assembly master because of his excellent hearing. In 1932 he married Else Eisenblätter in Hattingen , but stayed in Hanover until the outbreak of war. After his release from American captivity in 1945, he moved to Hattingen and often worked with the organ builder Werner Bosch in Sandershausen near Kassel, again as a voicer.

In 1951, Alfred Raupach passed the master's examination in organ building at the Osnabrück Chamber of Crafts with the grade "very good". From Hattingen he primarily served a customer base from the surrounding area. Mainly he carried out repairs and alterations. In addition, he also built some new electrical and mechanical slider chest organs, mostly in collaboration with the Bosch company in Kassel.

Many new buildings, renovations and conversions, especially in the Ruhr area, bear his “signature”. His obituary states: "The humble and joyful devotion to his profession was immeasurable."

Works (new buildings)

  • 1950: Catholic parish church of the Holy Guardian Angels (Frillendorf) in collaboration with Albert Fabritius
  • 1954: Paul Gerhardt House in Hattingen-Welper
  • 1956: Ev. Luther Church in Herne-Röhlinghausen
  • 1956: Evangelical St. Matthew Church in Bochum-Weitmar
  • 1958: Hombruch Evangelical Church in Dortmund
  • 1960: Cemetery chapel of the municipal cemetery in Hattingen-Welper, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1963: Catholic parish church Sankt Johannes in Bochum-Wiemelhausen
  • 1964: Luther Church in Herne
  • 1965: Dreifaltigkeitskirche am Regenkamp in Herne, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1965: Ev. Martin Luther King House in Dortmund-Lütgendortmund
  • 1965: Church of the Resurrection in Bergkamen-Weddinghofen, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1966: Winz-Baak Evangelical Church in Hattingen, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1966: St. Barbara Church in Ickern (Castrop-Rauxel), Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1967: St. Peter and Paul, Hattingen, Stockmann organ building company, Raupach intonation
  • 1968: St. Josef, Welper, Stockmann organ building company, Raupach intonation
  • 1969: Evangelical Peace Church in Velbert, Bosch-Raupach Organ 20 / II + P
  • 1971: New organ in Bad Laasphe-Niederlaasphe by Werner Bosch, intonation: Alfred Raupach
  • 1972: Luther Church in Bochum Dahlhausen, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1972: Ev. Christ Church in Castrop-Rauxel, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1975: Ev. Parish in Duisburg-Neudorf, Bosch-Raupach organ
  • 1978: St. Vinzentius Church in Bochum-Harpen, Bosch-Raupach organ

Works (conversions)

  • 1946: St. Laurentius in Essen-Kettwig, repairs
  • 1947: Ev. Bad Hersfeld town church, reconstruction of the organ by Furtwängler & Hammer (1900) in collaboration with Giesecke
  • 1953: St. Mauritius, Hattingen-Niederwenigern, exchange of some registers
  • 1954: Altenberg cathedral organ (Ernst Seifert 1903), renovation and expansion
  • 1954: Kreuzkirche (Herne), organ modifications by Johann Friedrich Schulze & Sons
  • 1954: Provost parish St. Ludgerus "To the painful mother Maria" (Essen-Werden), installation of the Meyer organ from the Protestant parish church of Dortmund-Brackel
  • 1954: Catholic parish church of Liebfrauen, repaired and completely re-voiced and expanded by 12 registers in the neo-baroque sense
  • 1955: Ev. Kreuzkirche in Herne, renovation and expansion of the Walcker organ from 1902
  • 1956: St. Mauritius, Hattingen-Niederwenigern, exchange of some registers
  • 1959: St. Georg (Hattingen), restoration of the organ by Christian Roetzel from 1826
  • 1964: St. Georg (Hattingen) further renovation work
  • 1966: Petrikirche in Bochum-Wiemelhausen, new reed part for the Friedrich-Euler-Organ (1951)
  • 1967: Ev. Johanneskirche in Freudenberg-Oberfischbach renovation of the Roetzel organ (1820)
  • 1973: St. Mauritius, Hattingen-Niederwenigern, exchange of some registers

literature

  • Music and Church , 45 (1975), p. 213.
  • Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau , Volume 6 (1951), p. 8.
  • The Church Musician: Notices from the Central Office for Protestant Church Music, Volumes 24–26
  • Ruhr-Nachrichten of September 24, 1966
  • Stephan Pollock, Organ Movement and Neo-Baroque in the Ruhr Area between 1948 and 1965 , RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM, 2007
  • Martin Blindow, Organ History of the City of Dortmund , 2008
  • Gustav Kornelius Ommer, New Orgeln in the Ruhr Area , 1984
  • Hannalore Reuter, Historical Organs in Westphalia-Lippe , 2006, pages 124, 149 and 155
  • Daniel Kunert - Music Media House, The Queen's Portal
  • Organ database , in www.orgbase.nl

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Musik und Kirche, 45 (1975), obituary p. 213.
  2. ^ Heimat am noon on June 22, 1951
personal data
SURNAME Raupach, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Graves
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1975
Place of death Hattingen