Christian Bethmann

Christian Bethmann (* August 21, 1783 ; † July 8, 1833 ) was a German organ builder from Linden (today Hanover ). His organ in Posthausen , which has 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal , is largely preserved .

Life

Bethmann was born in 1783. He was a court organ builder and built a total of twelve new organs and carried out at least four jobs (primarily repairs) on other organs. He died in 1833.

He is probably the son of Wilhelm Heinrich Bethmann (* May 1, 1745; † December 27, 1802), who was also a court organ builder in Hanover, but also built stringed keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and clavichords . In 1782 Baethmann married into the organ builder family Christian Vater .

List of works

year	place	church	Manuals	register	Remarks
1815	Limmer		I / P	10	New building
before 1818	Braunschweig	St. Petri	II / P	22nd	New building; Replaced by Friedrich Ladegast in 1892
1819	Braunschweig	St. Blasii Cathedral	III / P	47	Extension by a 32 'trombone and replacement of 66 pipes stolen in 1810; Organ replaced by a new one in 1901.
1821	Bordenau	St. Thomas	I.	9	In 1870 a second manual was added; Restored in 1969 and 1995.
1824	Winsen (Aller)	St. John the Baptist	II / P	23	New building
1826	Neuhaus Office		II / P	20th	New building
1826	Celle	Church of the penal institution	I / P	10	New building
1827	Hanover	Aegidienkirche	III / P	32	Modification; Sold to Engelbostel in 1880
1829	Bruggen	Dilborn Castle			New building
1832	Brockel	Holy Cross Church	I / P	13	New building; later construction of Philipp Furtwängler & Sons replaced
1832	Bad Fallingbostel	St. Dionysius Church	II / P	17th	Get prospectus; Pipes replaced by new buildings by P. Furtwängler & Hammer ; today new building by Schuke (II / P / 17) behind the historical prospectus
1833	Hamelin	Garrison Church	II / P	19th	Acquired by Posthausen in 1881 and transferred there, Bethmann's last largely original organ; 12 stops completely, 3 partially preserved, 4 reconstructed by organ builder Alfred Führer 1990–1991

literature

Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
Uwe Pape : The organs of the city of Braunschweig . Pape Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 1966, ISBN 3-921140-11-0 .
Fritz Schild: Monument organs. Documentation of the restoration by organ building guides 1974-1991 . tape 2 .. Florian Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 978-3-7959-0862-1 (Bethmann's catalog raisonné on p. 783).

Web links

NOMINE eV (organ in Posthausen with photo)
Orgelakademie Stade (organ in Posthausen with photo)
Organ in Bordenau

Individual evidence

^ Shield: Monument organs , p. 783f.
↑ History of the Braunschweig Cathedral Organ ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 48 kB) and Pape: Orgeln , p. 5. @1@ 2

^ Sign: Monument organs , p. 771f.

personal data
SURNAME	Bethmann, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1783
DATE OF DEATH	July 8, 1833

[1] Shield: Monument organs , p. 783f.

[2] History of the Braunschweig Cathedral Organ ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 48 kB) and Pape: Orgeln , p. 5. @1@ 2

[3] Sign: Monument organs , p. 771f.