Daniel Wroblewsky

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Daniel Wroblewsky (born May 24, 1744 in Lissewen , Masuria , Kingdom of Prussia ; † April 10, 1818 in Copenhagen ) was a Polish organ builder who worked in Denmark and Norway .

Life

Daniel Wroblewsky was born in Lissewen (Lischoewen) in Masuria and started his apprenticeship with Johann Christoph Ungefug in 1762 . From 1769 he was with Adam Gottlob Casparini in Königsberg for nine months as a journeyman and in 1770 with Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz in Danzig. Then Wroblewsky went to Copenhagen and initially worked for Christian Ferdinand Speer. In 1774 he tried in vain for citizenship and a license as an instrument maker in the city. His first new organ was built in 1775. Daniel Wroblewsky also built pianos and clavichords and was granted citizenship in Copenhagen in 1780 and a license as an organ builder, as well as for clavichords, harpsichords, harps and other instruments. In 1818 he died and was buried at the Petrikirche in Copenhagen.

Works

Daniel Wroblewsky made 5 new organs and 7 repairs in Denmark and 14 new organs and repairs each in Norway. Organ brochures are preserved in Nysted , Skælskør and Skanderborg in Denmark, there are none in Norway.

New organs (selection)

Denmark

  • Nysted (Lolland), 1777, II / P, 18, prospectus received
  • Skælskør , 1784, I, 9, positive, prospectus received
  • Skanderborg , Castle Church, 1800, I, 9, prospectus preserved, 1971 new organ

Norway

  • Vestre Porsgrunn , 1775, I, 5, positive, first known organ, not preserved
  • Œstre Porsgrunn, 1782/1795, II / P, 19, prospectus preserved until 2011, then the church was destroyed by fire
  • Skien , 1783, 13 registers
  • Kragerø , 1793, II / P, 19, not preserved

literature

  • Ole Olesen: Daniel Wroblewsky. Copenhagen 2004.
  • Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1984. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015, pp. 152–165.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nysted kirke (Danish)
personal data
SURNAME Wroblewsky, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wroblewski, Daniel; Wrobel, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish organ builder in Denmark and Norway
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Lissewen , Masuria, Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1818
Place of death Copenhagen