Christian Friedrich Voigt (organ builder, 1803)

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Christian Friedrich Voigt (born December 4, 1803 in Oberlosa ; † August 23, 1868 in Wiesbaden-Igstadt ) was a German organ builder in the Duchy of Nassau .

Life

Christian Friedrich Voigt received his training from Bernhard Dreymann in Mainz . In 1833 he settled in Wiesbaden-Igstadt and founded his organ building workshop there. Around the middle of the 19th century, Voigt was one of the two influential organ builders in the Duchy of Nassau alongside Daniel Raßmann in Möttau . Over 50 instruments were built by his workshop between 1833 and 1868.

After his death, his son Heinrich Voigt continued the workshop.

Works

Preserved organs (selection):

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1834 Oberliederbach Ev. church I / P 14th Voigt's first organ
1841 Oberroßbach Ev. church I / P 13
1847 Seelenberg St. Casimir I / P 10 Consecrated on October 4, 1847; later extended by Michael Keller-Limburg to include "a few soft voices" (including a Dolce 8 ′ ); 1957 and most recently in 1998 general overhaul; Work received.
1855 Oberreifenberg St. Georg (Catholic) II / P 25th Originally, a small organ with 14 stops was planned for the price of 1200 guilders. A larger organ with 25 registers was purchased on the basis of an appraisal by the state government's expert on organ building, the Usingen seminar music teacher Karl Markus Feye. 1975 by Klais, restored by Orgelbau Hardt in 2012 . Largely preserved.
1858 Top iron Ev. church

Organ in Oberneisen

I / P 13 Some registers later replaced
1860 Nasta Ev. church II / P 18th Largely preserved
1865 Erbach Johanneskirche II / P 22nd
1867 Booklet Ev. church Organ in Heftrich II / P 19th Largely preserved
1868 Schlossborn Catholic Church of St. Philip & Jacob II / P 17th Largely preserved; later rescheduled

literature

  • Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 2: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 .
  • Lore MI Voigt: Christian Heinrich Voigt (1803–1868) and Karl Heinrich Voigt (1845–1906) - life and work. In: Acta Organologica . Volume 24, 1994, pp. 59-96.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, part 2. 1975, p. 686.
  2. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 2, Part 2. 1975, p. 750; see. also the homepage of the parish of St. Francis and Clare , accessed on January 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, part 2. 1975, p. 689.
personal data
SURNAME Voigt, Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberlosa
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1868
Place of death Wiesbaden-Igstadt