Anton Bayr (organ builder)
Anton Bayr (* 1716 in Heidingsfeld ; † 1792 (?)) Was a German organ builder in the Rococo period.
Life
Bayr was born in 1716 in Heidingsfeld near Würzburg in Lower Franconia . In the winter of 1744/45 he took over the workshop of his colleague Philipp Hillenbrand . In the same year he received the citizenship of Munich . In his working life he has more than 150 organs built, for example in Schäftlarn , in the Tegernsee Abbey , the Abbey of Neustift in Freising or Raitenhaslach .
During a restoration, the organ builder's building number 1 was identified and its history researched. This organ was completed on September 24, 1745 in the Franciscan monastery in Ellingen . After the closure of the monastery by Field Marshal Carl Philipp von Wrede in 1818 and the secularization , the organ was given to the parish church of Walting . After several renovations and modernizations, the organ fell into disrepair and was considered barely playable. That is why it was replaced by a new building in 1999. The organ finally came to the Valley Organ Center , where it was restored by Sixtus Lampl .
Works (selection)
37 organs are known from Bayr.
| year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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| 1745 | Ellingen | Franciscan monastery Ellingen |
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Now located in the Valley Organ Center . | ||
| 1747 | Binabiburg | St. Salvator | I. | 9 | ||
| 1750 | Tading (foresters) | Parish and pilgrimage church of the Assumption | I. | 5 | Today in Reithofen near Erding | |
| 1756 | Rosenheim | Holy Spirit Church (Rosenheim) |
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I. | 5 | Restored in 1996 by Orgelbau Linder . |
| circa 1762 | Schäftlarn | Benedictine Abbey |
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II | 21st | In the old case, new building by Vleugels Organ Builders , 1996 |
| 1763 | Ebersberg | St. Sebastian | II | 16 | Housing received. | |
| 1764 | Wasserburg am Inn | St. Jacob | II | 27 | ||
| 1769 | Marienberg near Raitenhaslach | Pilgrimage church |
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I / P | 11 | → organ |
| 1769 | Attel Monastery | former monastery church of St. Michael |
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II / P | 16 | 2013 New building by Linder organ builder with II / 24 while retaining the still existing Anton Bayr substances (pipework, housing, roofs, back wall, etc.). → organ |
| around 1770 | Mühldorf am Inn | St. Nicholas |
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| 1783 | Mallersdorf | Monastery and parish church of St. John the Evangelist |
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II / P | 18th | Prospectus with angel concert by Christian Jorhan the Elder Ä. 1895 New construction by Binder and Siemann in the historical case from 1783 1985 New construction by Manfred Mathis in the historical case from 1783 → Organ |
| circa 1785 | Attel am Inn | Pilgrimage church to our Lord in misery , abandoned in 1786 due to structural damage and demolished |
Housing in Schwindkirchen preserved. | |||
| 1790 | Beyharting | Former Collegiate and current parish church of St. Johann Baptist | II | 19th | Housing received. Work by Anton Staller , Grafing, 1981 |
literature
- Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : The organ maker Anton Bayr and his work . In: Hermann Dechant (Ed.): Commemorative Hermann Beck . Laaber 1982, p. 111-125 .
- Robert Münster: Anton Bayrs first Munich organ rediscovered . In: Music in Bavaria . No. 69 , 2005, pp. 144 f .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1978, p. 60 and 195.
- ↑ Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1978, p. 60.
- ↑ Monika Soffner-Loibl: Mallersdorf - former. Benedictine Abbey Church and Parish Church of St. Johannes Ev. Kunstverlag Peda, Passau 2009, ISBN 978-3-89643-752-5 . P. 21f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bayr, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1716 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidingsfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 1792 |