Carl Joseph Chwatal
Carl Joseph Chwatal (born January 13, 1811 in Rumburg , Bohemia , † April 12, 1887 in Merseburg , Province of Saxony ) was a German organ builder of Bohemian origin.
Life
Chwatal is the son of organ builder Joseph Chwatal († 1836), who emigrated with his family from Catholic Bohemia and who settled in Merseburg around 1820. He set up an organ building workshop in the up-and-coming Prussian district town. His son Carl Joseph learned organ building here at an early age, so that he could take over his father's workshop after his father's death. At the age of 27, in 1838, his first major contract was to build the new organ in the church of Sylda in the Mansfeld Mountains . In 1841 he completed the organ. But according to the judgment of the local cantor, it was a “half-finished work of art” , so that Chwatal had to undertake a major renovation in 1855 at the expense of the Sylda parish. He built other organs for churches in the vicinity of Merseburg, including the churches in Gleina (1867) and Lunstädt (1873). He also created the organ for the Sankt Stephanus Church in Hohenziatz in 1843 .
Chwatal's sons August Bernhard Chwatal (1844–1912) and Carl Otto (1848–1902) were also organ builders.
literature
- Horst Wingrich: Festschrift for the organ consecration of the restored Chwatal organ in the Protestant parish church of the Goethe city of Bad Lauchstädt . Publisher: Förderkreis Chwatal-Orgel on behalf of the Parish Council of the Evangelical Parish Bad Lauchstädt . Bad Lauchstädt o. J. (2013 or later), A5 format, 21 pages, without ISBN
Web links
- Personal dossier at musicamigrans.de (pdf; 761 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Publication is available; from the Bad Lauchstädt church
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chwatal, Carl Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rumburg , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1887 |
| Place of death | Merseburg , Province of Saxony |