Antonius Mors
Anthony Mors (also Antonius Moors , † 1560 / 62 ) was a Dutch organ builder , who in Schwerin and Brandenburg worked.
life and work
His father Anthonis (Antonius) Mors was an organ builder from Antwerp , who made a positive in the court chapel in The Hague in 1515 . In 1518 he carried out repairs on the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, and in 1525 on the cathedral in s'Hertogenbosch . His brother Hieronymus had been organist at Schwerin Cathedral since 1552 , and later his brother Jacob.
In 1555 Antonius Mors was commissioned to build an organ for the cathedral. He made them in Antwerp and took them by ship across the Elbe to Schwerin in 1557 , where he built the instrument himself until 1559/60. Afterwards Mors stayed in Schwerin in the service of Duke Johann Albrecht . In 1559, Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg commissioned him to build an organ in Berlin.
In August 1562 Mors died.
He is not identical with the organist of the same name at the Jakobikirche in Rostock (there 1573–1613, † 1619).
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania? Hinstorff, Rostock 2011. o. P.
Web links
- Organ builder Brandenburg organ landscape
Individual evidence
- ↑ Binnenhof Hofkapel bottom left, Kerk en Orgel (Dutch)
- ↑ The history of the main organ in the Antwerp Cathedral Antwerpse Kathedraal Concerten (German)
- ↑ The main organ in the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in s'Hertogenbosch bottom left, Kerk en Orgel (Dutch)
- ^ L. Fromm: Chronicle of the capital and residence city of Schwerin . 1862. History of the city of Schwerin from 1559 to 1564
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mors, Antonius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moors, Antonius; Mors, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch organ builder in Schwerin and Brandenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1560 and August 1562 |