Christoph Egedacher the elder

Christoph Egedacher the Elder († 1661 ) worked as an organ builder in southern Bavaria and Austria .

Life

Christoph Egedacher the Elder Ä. (also: Christoph Egedacher I.) is considered to be the founder of the Straubing organ building dynasty of the Egedacher , who, together with the Butz and Freundt families, are regarded as the most important representatives of the southern German organ building school and thus of the Bavarian and (present-day) Austrian region. He learned the trade of organ building from the organ builder Bartholomäus Kugelmann in Straubing. In written sources he is generally referred to as an organ builder, sometimes also as a house owner with the right to brew a brew. But since he does not come directly from Straubing , his date and place of birth could not be determined to this day. In 1636 he was based in Bogen near Straubing, from where he submitted an offer to rebuild the organ in the court church in Lucerne . What is certain is that he was married three times: on September 9, 1637 he married a second time, Anna Weinzürl from Haidenburg, who died on May 31, 1639, and on September 17, 1640, Catharina Gäderspäck, a widow from Landshut, who survived him and died on June 8, 1664. With his first wife, Maria, he had two daughters, with his third three sons: Christophorus, Johannes and Willibald. Christophorus, later known as Christoph Egedacher d. J. , continued the tradition of organ building, while Christoph Egedacher the Elder. Ä. is seen as the actual founder of the organ building dynasty of the Egedacher. He lived temporarily in a house on Rindermarkt (today Fraunhoferstraße) in Straubing, which he had bought on February 3, 1644 and sold again on June 6, 1653. Later he moved to the so-called Alte Propstei am Obern Tor, where his son in 1675 is on record. Christoph Egedacher the Elder Ä. was probably surprised by death in 1661 while an organ was installed. A message about the date of his death and where he was buried could only be discovered by chance, similar to the dates of his birth.

List of works (selection)

The list includes some of his proven new builds.

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for a separate pedal.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks	Housing received
1639	Neumarkt-Sankt Veit	St. Vitus Monastery				Housing received
1641	Ebersberg Monastery	Former collegiate church
1641	Landshut	Jesuit Church				The case that had been preserved until then burned down in 1933.
1642	Velden
1643	Erding	City parish church
1653-1657	Lambach	Collegiate church		II / P	20th
1660	Deggendorf ( Deanery Deggendorf-Plattling )	Pilgrimage Church of Maria in the Rose

literature

Georg Brenninger : The Straubing organ builder Christoph Egedacher. In: The music research. 29: 56-60 (1976).
Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria. Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7654-1704-1 .
Rupert Frieberger: Organ building in Upper Austria in the 17th and 18th centuries. With special consideration of existing instruments. Innsbruck 1984.
Josef Saam: The old Passau organ builders. Their origin and their work from 1467 to 1744. In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken. Passau 1977 (Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde), pp. 108–137.
Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present. Contributions to 700 years of organ building in the city of Salzburg. (= Dissertation) Salzburg 1982.

Individual evidence

↑ Also: Barthelmes Kugelmann . In: Bartholomäus Kugelmann in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
↑ See: [1] Korbinian Maier: The history of the organ , p. 4.
↑ In 1636 the Lucerne Council turned to Christof Lechentacher (= Christoph Egedacher). In: [2] The organ database of the Organ Documentation Center of the Lucerne School of Music .
^ Georg Brenninger: The Straubing organ builder Christoph Egedacher. In: The music research. No. 29 (1976), p. 56.
↑ Josef Saam: The old Passau organ builders. Their origins and work from 1467 to 1744 . In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken (Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde 19), Passau 1977, p. 108-137 .

personal data
SURNAME	Egedacher, Christoph the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	16th century or 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Straubing
DATE OF DEATH	around 1661
Place of death	Straubing

[1] Also: Barthelmes Kugelmann . In: Bartholomäus Kugelmann in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

[2] See: [1] Korbinian Maier: The history of the organ , p. 4.

[3] In 1636 the Lucerne Council turned to Christof Lechentacher (= Christoph Egedacher). In: [2] The organ database of the Organ Documentation Center of the Lucerne School of Music .

[4] Georg Brenninger: The Straubing organ builder Christoph Egedacher. In: The music research. No. 29 (1976), p. 56.

[5] Josef Saam: The old Passau organ builders. Their origins and work from 1467 to 1744 . In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken (Passauer Jahrbuch für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde 19), Passau 1977, p. 108-137 .