François Louis Dubois

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Dubois organ in Wissembourg

Louis Dubois , also François Louis Dubois (born September 3, 1726 in Montfaucon JU ( Switzerland ), † February 23, 1766 ) was an Alsatian organ builder of Swiss origin.

life and work

Dubois completed his apprenticeship with Jean-Baptiste Waltrin from Ensisheim , before setting up his own business in 1755 in Ammerschwihr, Alsace , and succeeding Waltrin. Shortly thereafter, he relocated his organ building business to the nearby Kaysersberg . Dubois built and repaired between 1756 and 1766 a. a. Organs in Rouffach , Oberentzen , Hilsenheim , Ammerschwihr and Saverne in the Upper Rhine Baroque style.

His most important works include the large organ of the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Wissembourg Alsace , the largest Baroque organ in Alsace and the only surviving organ from Dubois that is based on a 16-foot. Dubois had more than a dozen collaborators on this great work. The organ is also his last opus and was put back into operation in 2012 after extensive restoration work. The restoration work was carried out by the organ building company Kern . Some organ cases go back to Joseph Bergöntzle (Bergäntzel) (1754–1819). Dubois was considered to be Johann Andreas Silbermann's greatest competitor . When Dubois died at the age of 40, his workshop was continued by Jean-Jacques Besançon. Further students were Martin Bergäntzel and Weinbert Bussy.

List of works

The list provides an overview of all known new organs.

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1758 Rouffach Notre Dame III / P Repairs and extensions
1759 Oberentzen Église Saint-Nicolas I / P 12 New building; largely preserved
1760 Saint-Amarin Église Saint-Projet et Saint-Amarin de Saint-Amarin II / P New building; Replaced in 1895
1761 Hilsenheim Village church I / P 13 New building; In 1858 moved to Bossendorf , Église Saint-Laurent, and redesigned
1762 Ammerschwihr St. Martin III / P 33 New building
1762? Gundolsheim I / P 16 New building
1763 Ingwiller Eglise protestante
1763 Saverne Église des Récollets Saverne CouventRécollets 11.JPG II / P 21st New building; Rebuilt in 1885, restored in 1995
1763-1766 Wissembourg St. Peter and Paul Wissembourg StPierre-Paul111a.jpg III / P 39 Completion of the organ by Johann Friedrich Alfermann (1757); Restored 2010–2012

literature

  • Wolfram Adolph: The deepest organ in France. For the restoration of the largest Alsatian baroque organ. In: Organ - journal for the organ . 2/2013, pp. 11-18.
  • Pié Meyer-Siat: Historical organs in Alsace. 1489–1869 (=  98th publication by the Society of Organ Friends ). Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-7954-0448-7 .
  • Marc Schaefer : Louis Dubois et l'orgue des Récollets de Saverne. In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Saverne et environs. Cahier 85, I / 1974, pp. 7-11.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Louis Dubois, facteur d'orgues (French), accessed April 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Adolph: The deepest organ in France . In: Organ - journal for the organ . 2013, p. 13.
  3. ↑ a b c Organ in Wissembourg (French), accessed on April 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Organ in Oberentzen , accessed on April 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Organ in Bossendorf , accessed on April 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Meyer-Siat: Historical organs in Alsace. 1983, p. 106.
  7. ^ Organ in Saverne , accessed on April 11, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dubois, François Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dubois, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-Alsatian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Montfaucon JU
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1766