Andreas Hildebrandt

This article deals with the organ builder Andreas Hildebrandt; on the artist of the same name see Andreas Hildebrandt (artist) .

Andreas Hildebrandt (* between 1681 and 1691 in Danzig ; † 1762 there ) was a Baroque organ builder from Danzig .

Life

Andreas Hildebrandt was probably born as the son of the businessman Andreas and his wife Adelgunde Hildebrandt. Konath was born in Gdansk. Here his father acquired citizenship in 1676, which obliged him to marry. After several fines, the marriage followed on April 13, 1681. The widow married again in 1691. The organ builder Andreas Hildebrandt married the widow Maria Elisabeth Reiss on April 13, 1710. Falckenberg († 1739). For her it was already the third marriage in which she brought at least two step-sons. She was married to the organ builder Tobias Lehmann until 1707 and to Matthias Reiss until 1709. The Hildebrandt family lived in Danziger Breitgasse and belonged to the Reformed Church of St. Elisabeth . Joint work with Hildebrandt's stepson Gottfried Matthias Reiss has been documented for the years 1734 to 1736. On March 25, 1711, the son Andreas Gottlieb was baptized in the Evangelical Reformed Church of St. Peter and Paul. He learned the trade of pewter and in 1740 married the wealthy widow Philippine de la Port b. Glad (1701–1781). After the death of his first wife in the late 1730s, Andreas Hildebrandt married Adelgunde nee. Braschke, used Anthony (1720–1795), the daughter of a tin caster. The marriage had a daughter in 1740 and a daughter Maria Elisabeth in 1743, both of whom did not live long. After Hildebrandt's death, his master student Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz took over the workshop.

plant

Almost 50 organ works by Hildebrandt are documented in the period from 1709 to 1755, including at least 19 new organs. The three preserved organs in Pruszcz Gdański (Praust), Jelonki (Hirschfeld) and Pasłęk (Prussian Holland) are only parts of three other organs. The organ in Pasłęk has been restored to its original state and is the largest organ in northern Poland from the 18th century.

The organs from Hildebrandt's early days are similar to those of Arp Schnitger's later days . No relationships between the workshops have yet been established, but Hildebrandt completed his organ in Koszalin (Köslin) after the death of Schnitger's pupil Johann Balthasar Held in 1709 . Hildebrandt's organs are characterized by high quality craftsmanship, well thought-out arrangements and a representative brochure design .

Christoph Heinrich Obuch completed his organ building apprenticeship with Hildebrandt in 1733. Another student was Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz, who became Hildebrandt's successor. Hildebrandt was at times in competition with Johann Josua Mosengel , with whom he led a legal dispute with regard to the construction of the new organ in Pasłęk, as he had an organ privilege.

List of works

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for a separate pedal.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1709	Koszalin (Köslin)	Marienkirche				Completion of the renovation by Johann Balthasar Held (1708–1709)
1710	Danzig	St. Anna Chapel of the Trinity Church		I.	13	New organ, housing preserved
1711	Elbląg (Elblag)	Marienkirche				Repair of the organ by Johann Werner (1643)
1712	Danzig	Marienkirche				Repair of the organ above the Reinhold Chapel
1713	Przezmark (Elbląg) (Prussian Mark)					New organ (attribution)
1715	Frombork (Frauenburg)	Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Andrew				Repair of the organ by Daniel Nitrowski Organ (1683–1685) (attribution)
1717-1719	Pasłęk (Prussian Holland)	St. Bartholomew		II / P	36	New organ, preserved and restored → Organ
1720-1722	Danzig	Johanneskirche				Repair of the organ by Merten Friese (1625–1629)
1722	Skowrony ( smoke )					Installation of the positive of the previous organ from Pasłęk, St. Bartholomew, the case has been preserved.
around 1725	Jelonki (Hirschfeld)	Holy Heart		I.	11	New organ; receive
1728	Pruszcz Gdański (Praust)	Holy cross		I / P	21st	New organ; receive
1729	Koszwały (Gottswalde)					New organ
1724-1733	Danzig	Brigittenkirche				Extension of the organ from Daniel Nitrowski's workshop
1734-1735	Danzig	Marienkirche				Repair of the two organs
1735-1736	Danzig	St. Elisabeth		II / P	31	New organ for Hildebrandt's home church
1737-1738	Danzig	St. Salvator		II / P	25th	New organ
1738	Danzig	Katharinenkirche				Keyboard for the glockenspiel
1738-1739	Wocławy (Wotzlaff)			I / P	22nd	New organ
1741	Święty Wojciech (Gdansk)					New organ
1743	Bogatka (Reichenberg)			I / P	15th	New organ
1744	Steblewo (Stüblau)					Repair and extension of the organ (1684)
1744-1746	Danzig	Johanneskirche				Extension of the main organ by two bass towers
1746-1747	Danzig	St. Barbara		II / P		New organ
1749	Danzig	Hospital church		I / P		New organ
1750	Koźliny (Güttland)					New organ
1752	Hel (Hela)	Ev. Church (today fishery museum)
1753-1754	Rokitnica (Pruszcz Gdański) (Müggenhahl)			I / P	21st	New organ

literature

• Jan Janca , Werner Renkewitz: Andreas Hildebrandt, an organ builder from Danzig in the 18th century. In: Music of the East. Vol. 9, 1983, pp. 123-145.
• Jan Janca:  Hildebrandt, Andreas. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 8 (Gribenski - Hilverding). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1118-7 , Sp. 1533–1534 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
• Jerzy Marian Michalak: Andreas Hildebrandt - Unknown details on the biography of a well-known organ master and his family. In: Essays on the music and theater history of Danzig from the 17th to the 20th century (= Greifswald contributions to musicology. Vol. 18). Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86596-418-2 , pp. 193–210 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia . tape 1 . Siebenquart, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-8035-1250-6 , p. 186-207 .
• Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia . Volume II, Part 2: Mosengel, Caspari, Casparini . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-921140-80-2 , pp. 752-762 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michalak: Andreas Hildebrandt. 2012, pp. 195-196.
2. ^ Renkewitz, Janca, Fischer: History of organ building art in East and West Prussia. Volume II, 2. 2008, pp. 752-753.
3. ↑ Michalak: Andreas Hildebrandt. 2012, p. 203.
4. ^ Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (ed.): The Organ. To Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York / London 2006, ISBN 0-415-94174-1 , pp. 159 .
5. ↑ Gustav Fock : Arp Schnitger and his school. A contribution to the history of organ building in the North and Baltic Sea coast areas . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 , p. 187 .
6. ↑ Andreas Hildebrandt from Danzig , accessed on September 20, 2017.
7. ^ Renkewitz, Janca, Fischer: History of organ building art in East and West Prussia. Volume II, 2. 2008, p. 218.
8. ^ Organ in Gdansk, St. Trinitatis Church , accessed on December 9, 2019.
9. ^ Organ in Pasłęk , accessed on September 21, 2017.