Franz Fassmann
Johann Franz Faßmann (also Franz Fasmann , Czech Jan František Fassmann ; baptized as Johannes Franciscus on June 21, 1697 in Elbogen , Czech Loket , Bohemia ; † after 1760 ) was a Bohemian organ builder .
Live and act
Franz Faßmann was born as the son of the shoemaker Christoph Faßmann and his wife Sabina in the town of Elbogen in the west Bohemian Egerland . He created organs in monastery and pilgrimage churches in Bohemia and the Upper Palatinate , of which the one in the Trinity Church in Kappl is still preserved. In 1760 he was last mentioned as alive.
Catalog of works (selection)
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. Italics indicate that the organ in question is no longer preserved.
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1728-1730 | Prague Lesser Town | Augustinian Monastery Church of St. Thomas | II / P | 24 | New building, organ prospectus preserved | |
1734-1738 | Kappl near Waldsassen , Upper Palatinate | Trinity Church | II / P | 12 | New building with Hans Adam Pleyer and assistants. 2020 restoration (Dlabal & Mettler, Bílsko , CZ). | |
1746 | Prague Strahov | Monastery church | II / P | 20th | New building, in 1787 Mozart played the organ |
Web links
- Franz Fasmann in the Bavarian Music Dictionary online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Taufmatrik Elbogen and localities 1665-1732, p. 426 ( digitized in Porta Fontium )
- ↑ The Organ Augustinerkirche (English)
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^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: The organ of the pilgrimage church Kappl near Waldsassen. In: Church Music Yearbook. 92/2008. 2009. pp. 37-48.
Hermann Fischer: The organ of the Kappl pilgrimage church. In: Bernhard Eckstein (Red.): History of the former municipality of Münchenreuth. Contributions to the history of the former political community, the parish, the families and farms, the associations. Community chronicle Münchenreuth. Förderverein Vereinsheim Münchenreuth, Münchenreuth 2008, pp. 89–90. - ↑ Eberhard Kraus: The Upper Palatinate and Bohemia. Highlights of a musical neighborhood. In: Upper Palatinate and Bohemia. Volume 32, 1998. pp. 69-74, here p. 73 oberpfaelzerkulturbund.de (PDF).
- ^ Great Organ Strahov Organs and Organ Builders in the Czech Republic, with disposition (Czech).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fassmann, Franz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fassmann, Johann Franz (full name); Faßmann, Joannes Franciscus (historical form of the name); Fassmann, František (Czech name form) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian organ builder also in the Upper Palatinate |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 21, 1697 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elbogen , Bohemia |
DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: after 1760 |