Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz

Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz (born December 28, 1721 in Danzig , Polish Prussia , † 1804 in Danzig, West Prussia) was a German organ builder in Danzig.

Life

His father was a goldsmith in Danzig, his mother was Maria Elisabeth, née Lange. Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz learned from Andreas Hildebrandt and then went to Königsberg. Around 1749 he returned to Gdansk and worked in the workshop of his master. There he built his first own organ as a test piece in 1750 . Around 1755 he took over Hildebrandt's workshop. Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz also built Clavecins , around 1765 he was the first to build a Clavecin royale , a harpsichord with a flute register, which Joachim Wagner also built in 1774. From 1790 to 1793 Dalitz completed the organ in the monastery church in Oliva, which was the largest of its time.

Dalitz initially lived on the dams in Danzig, and from around 1800 in the house of Hildebrandt's descendants in Breitgasse. He was married twice and had several children. The date of his death is not known, he was buried on March 1, 1804 in the churchyard of St. John in Gdansk. Christian Ephraim Ahrendt was his successor.

Organs (selection)

About 15 new organs by Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz are known today, as well as some modifications and repairs. The prospectus and parts of the large organ in Oliva , as well as prospectuses in Danzig , Church of the Holy Body and Stegna (Steegen) have been preserved.

New organs

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1750	Guttland	church			19th	first own organ
1755-1756	Thorn (Toruń)	Holy Spirit		II / P	34	1873/74 reconstruction by Sauer , burned down in 1989, 2004 reconstruction of the prospectus with a new organ that was bought in Germany
1762-1763	Elbing (Elbląg)	St. Anna				Rebuilt in 1866
1865	Mewe	Protestant church				rebuilt several times
1765-1767	Danzig (Gdansk)	Holy corpse		III / P	34	Prospectus preserved, rebuilt by Heinrichsdorff in 1912 , outsourced in 1945 and plundered pipes, prospectus rebuilt
1777-1778	Danzig	St. Mary				Choir organ
1790-1793	Oliva (Oliwa)	Monastery church		III / P	81	Prospectus and parts of the organ preserved, completion according to Wulff, largest organ of this time, rebuilt several times
1798	Steegen (Stegna)	church		I / P	24	Prospectus received, 1914 rebuilt by impact

More work

• 1758–1760 Danzig, St. Marien, large organ, restoration and redesign

literature

• Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca : History of organ building art in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume I. Weidlich, Würzburg 1984. pp. 264–283.
• Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer: History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015. pp. 768–774.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Toruń, Kościół Świętego Ducha MusicamSacram (Polish)