Edo Evers

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Edo Evers was a 17th century organ builder who worked in the Dutch- German border region around the Dollart . Its valuable organ in Osteel (1619) is the best preserved Renaissance organ in northern Germany. Eight registers from his instrument in the north have been preserved.

Life

Evers life data and background are unknown. He probably comes from Groningen and was apprenticed to Marten de Mare († 1612), son of Andreas de Mare . In addition to his work in Groningerland, there is evidence that he worked as an organ builder in East Frisia between 1616 and 1630 . At times he lived in Emden and Jever . In 1627 an organ builder "from Marienhafe ", who could be identified with Evers, is paid in the Dutch town of Noordbroek .

Works

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1616-1618 north Ludgerikirche , choir organ 2009 07 North Ludgerikirche Arp-Schnitger-Organ.JPG III / p 18th Evers used some stops from the previous de Mare organ for his own work. When Arp Schnitger created a new organ (III / P / 46) on a new gallery towards the end of the 17th century, he integrated eight Evers stops that are still preserved today. → Organ of the Ludgerikirche (north)
1619 Osteel Warnfried Church Osteel Organ.jpg II / p 13 When Evers received the order for a new organ in Osteel, he used parts of the case and some stops from the old Norder de Mare organ. It has largely been preserved in its original form, making it the second oldest organ in East Frisia. After the renovation by Jürgen Ahrend (1994–1995) it sounds again in the original splendor of sound with its powerful and colorful registers. → Organ of the Warnfried Church (Osteel)
1622 Oldersum Oldersum Church Construction by Evers possible, but not secured; Until 1796, the organ was probably on a swallow's nest gallery on the north wall.

Repairs to East Frisian and Groningen organs are made by Evers in Riepe (1619), Noordbroek (?) (1619), Zuidbroek (1624), Bingum (around 1625), Bunde (1625–1626), Stapelmoor (1626) and in the Great Church proven in Emden (1629-1630).

literature

  • Walter Kaufmann : The organs of East Frisia . East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1968.
  • Ibo Ortgies : The practice of organ tuning in northern Germany in the 17th and 18th centuries and its relationship to contemporary music practice . Göteborgs universitet, Göteborg 2004 ( online [PDF; 5.4 MB ] rev. 2007).
  • Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
  • Harald Vogel, Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . 2nd Edition. Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1997, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 .

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