Friedrich Friese III

Friedrich Friese (1889)

Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Friese , called (Friedrich) Friese III (born April 18, 1827 in Schwerin ; † January 13, 1896 ibid), was a German organ builder . Through his work, the Friese organ building workshop became the most important in Mecklenburg in the second half of the 19th century.

Life

Friedrich Friese was born in Schwerin in 1827 as the son of the organist and organ builder Friedrich Friese (II) . After his organ builder apprenticeship in his father's workshop, begun in 1843, he went on a journey: from 1850 he worked for the Berlin organ builder Carl August Buchholz for almost two years and then until 1854 with Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in Paris. After his return in 1854, he took over his father's business in 1856. In the same year he married Maria Müller (1836–1880). From this first marriage 3 children were born, u. a. his son Heinrich Friese (1860–1948), who did an organ builder apprenticeship, but later, after studying zoology, became known as a biologist and bee researcher. Through his experiences before taking over the workshop in Kirchenstr. 1, Friedrich Friese III gave the Mecklenburg organ building new impetus. On the occasion of the restoration of the organ in the Ludwigslust city church, Friedrich Drese wrote : “Friese III belongs to a new generation of organs that create the instruments for romantic compositions. The sound of the organs is powerful, of course, with a fundamental tone and the large number of wooden pipes gives them softness, even something soft and blurred. The construction of the trumpet in the style of Andreas Silbermann is interesting . "

Like his father, Friedrich Friese III also had the grand ducal organ building privilege. In this way he was sure of the public orders of the patronage authorities. Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II. , Who particularly encouraged church building with new or restored organs, appointed Friedrich Friese III in 1873 for his services as court organ builder. In one point he remained conservative: He did not build organs with a pneumatic action , as was common practice towards the end of the 19th century, but instead kept the construction with a mechanical action.

In 1883 Friedrich Friese III married Bertha Conradi (1850-1897), the daughter of the then Schwerin Paulskirche organist Wilhelm Conradi , they had two children. He died on January 13, 1896 in Schwerin. The organ building workshop Friese in Schwerin was taken over by the organ builder Marcus Runge in 1896 .

List of works (selection)

Friedrich Friese III built 109 organs, 71 of which are completely or almost unchanged or have been restored to their original condition to this day. This list includes selected new organs from the workshop, as well as some organs that were destroyed or replaced by new organs from other organ builders.

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 an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal. Italicization indicates that the organ in question is no longer available or that only the brochure is from the workshop.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1850	Dambeck	Dambeck village church		I / P	5	Contract still with Friese II, 1965 Repair W. Nußbücker, Plau a. See and 2009 restoration by A. Arnold, Plau am See → Organ
1858	Schwerin	Shelf Church (St. Nikolai)		II / P	18th	Reconstructed by Christian Scheffler (organ builder)
1859	Dassow	Nikolaikirche		II / P	14th	→ organ
1861	Rüting	Diedrichshagen village church		I / P	8th
1862	Benthen	Benthen village church		I.	5	Destroyed in 1974 when the roof structure in the nave collapsed
1863	Neubukow	City Church Neubukow		II / P	15th
1864	New monastery	Monastery church St. Maria im Sonnekamp
1865	Börzow	Borzow village church		I / P	9
1865	Beidendorf	Beidendorf village church		II / P	15th	→ organ
1867	Elmenhorst	Elmenhorst village church		I / P	5	built in by Schwerin Cathedral in 1872
1868	Neuburg	Village church Neuburg		I / P	11
1868	Passow (Mecklenburg)	Passow village church		I / p	6th	2001 restoration by Schuke (Potsdam); contains the only preserved tin prospectus pipes from the workshop of Friese (III)
1869	Rye peat	Roggenstorf village church		I / P	6th	1968 Change of disposition W. Nussbücker, Plau a. lake
1869	Schwerin	Paulskirche		II / P	31	1999–2002 restoration by the Wegscheider organ workshop
1869	Rövershagen	Village church		II / P	7th	→ organ
1871	Bülow	Bülow village church		I.	4th	→ organ
1871	Parchim	St. Georgen		II / P	25th
1871	Under Brüz	Village church Unter Brüz		I / P	5	2011 restoration by Gottfried Schmidt (Rostock)
1872	Bibow	Bibow village church		I / P	6th
1872	Grevesmühlen	City Church of St. Nikolai		II / P	20th
1873	Malchow	Town church; Plate
1873	Ribnitz					Only the console is preserved, it is located in the Mecklenburg Organ Museum in Malchow
1874	Cupentess	Village church		I / p	6th	1999 general repairs by A. Arnold, Plau a. lake
1875	Bristow	Bristow village church		I / p	5	2005 and 2014 reconstruction by A. Arnold, Plau a. lake
1876	Blucher	Village church		II / P	11
1876	Goldberg	City church Goldberg		II / P	11	→ organ
1876	Ludwigslust	City Church		III / P	30th	2003 Disposition revised by the Mitteldeutsche Orgelbau A. Voigt.
1877	Bützow	Collegiate church		II / P	28	Restored in 1999 by Wegschneider's organ workshop.
1878	Malchin	City Church (St. Johannis)		II / P	28	Restored in 2004 by Wegschneider's organ workshop.
1878	Was in	Collegiate church		II / P	16	1998 Repair by W. Nussbücker, Plau a. lake
1880	Old Bukow	Alt Bukow Church		I / P	8th	2000 general repairs by A. Arnold, Plau a. lake
1883	Koelzow	Kölzow village church		I / p	5
1884	Wamckow	Wamckow village church		I / P	6th	All metal pipes renewed
1884	Wernigerode	Kreuzkirche (SELK)		I / P	7th	→ organ
1885	Alt Meteln	Alt Meteln village church		I / P	5	2012 Restoration by historical keyboard instruments Johann-Gottfried Schmidt (Rostock)
1885	Grabow	City Church of St. George		II / P	25th	Restored in 2015 by master organ builder Andreas Arnold, Plau a. Lake.
1886	Hornstorf	Hornstorf village church		I / P	5	from Müsselmow implemented in 1965, rebuilt in 1990 → organ
1887	Barkov	Village church		I / P	6th	Restored and expanded in 2007 by master organ builder Andreas Arnold, Plau a. Lake.
1887	Demes	Church Demen		I / p	7th	The pipes melted down in 1917 were replaced by Nussbrücker / Plau in 1988.
1888	Carlow	Village church		II / P	14th	2015 new prospect pipes installed by Organbau-Schucke .
1889	Ludershagen	Lüdershagen village church		I / p	6th	1997 Repair by Wolfgang Nußbücker from Plau am See .
1889	Nostorf	Nostorf village church		I / P	7th	1907 Extension of the organ by three registers, made by organ builder Marcus Runge .
1890	Malchow	Monastery church		II / P	14th	In 2004, the prospectus pipes given as part of the tin donation (1917) were replaced.
1892	Boizenburg	St. Mary		II / P	19th	Restored in 1994 by organ builder Wolfgang Nußbücker.

literature

• The Ludwigslust city church and its Friese organ - commemorative publication on the occasion of the re-inauguration of the restored Friese organ on June 29, 2003 . Ludwigslust 2003.
• Friedrich Drese : Family table of the organist and organ builder family Friese . In: Roland Steinbrück (Ed.): The Friese organ from 1877 in the collegiate church in Bützow - Festschrift for the re-inauguration on September 25, 1999 . Bützow 1999.
• Friedrich Drese: About organ building in Mecklenburg . In: Festschrift for the consecration of the Friese organ - St. Georgenkirche Parchim in October 2001 . Parchim 2001.
• Matthias Gretzschel : Organs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Saved for the future . Hamburger Abendblatt Axel Springer AG, Hamburg 2003.
• Reinhard Jaehn: The Friese organ (1876) of the city church in Ludwigslust (Mecklenburg) . In: Ars Organi . tape 29 , 1981, pp. 52-58 .
• Max Reinhard Jaehn, Karl and Wolfhard Eschenburg: Organs in Mecklenburg . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2008, ISBN 978-3-356-01267-5 .
• Max Reinhard Jaehn: Friezes. North German organs in five generations. Volume 1: Friedrich [III] Friese (1827-1896). Text volume with catalog of works on DVD . Thomas Helms Verlag , Schwerin 2014, ISBN 978-3-940207-95-1 .

Web links

Commons : Friese Orgeln  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Friedrich Friese III in the state bibliography MV
• Organs in Mecklenburg with illustrations and dispositions, including Friese organs
• Organ in Barkow
• Organ prospectus Plate

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the Mecklenburg Organ Inventory, Malchow Organ Museum , accessed on February 2, 2018