Casparini

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Organ in Vilnius from 1776
Sun organ in Görlitz from 1703

Caspari or Casparini was an important family of organ builders in Sorau , Northern Italy , Breslau and Königsberg in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The surname was Italianized in the different generations from the German form " Caspar " to " Caspari ", then in one of the branches to " Casparini ".

Organ builder

In Sorau

  • Adam Caspar (i) (around 1590 – after 1665), organ builder and “Mathematicus” in Sorau (today Żary), four new buildings known in Niederlausitz and Neumark, nothing preserved
  • George Adam Caspari the Elder (also Georg Adam Kaspar ; 1631–1682), son of Adam Caspar (i), two new buildings known, nothing preserved
  • Georg Adam Caspari the Younger (1662–1736), son of George Adam Caspari the Elder, two new buildings known, nothing preserved
  • Johann Michael Caspari (1674–1713), son of George Adam Caspari the Elder, also a tin caster, not known to have any work of his own

In Northern Italy and Silesia

  • Eugenio Casparini (1623–1706), son of Adam Caspar (i), active in Northern Italy and Breslau, 14 new buildings known, the prospectus of the Sonnenorgel in Görlitz and organs in Italy preserved
  • Adam Horatio Casparini (1676–1745), son of Eugenio Casparini, in Breslau in Silesia

In Koenigsberg

  • Georg Sigismund Caspari (1693–1741), son of Georg Adam Caspari the Younger, worked in Königsberg
  • Adam Gottlob Casparini (1715–1788), son of Adam Horatio Casparini, took over his workshop after Georg Sigismund Casparini's death, an important organ builder there, 44 new buildings known in East Prussia and Lithuania, organ in Vilnius almost completely preserved, also two brochures in East Prussia

literature

  • Wolfgang Brylla, Wolfram Hackel, Uwe Pape: Caspari (ni) . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. pp. 85–87.
  • Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia . Volume II, 1: Mosengel, Caspari, Casparini . Pape-Verlag, Berlin 2008, p. 242-245 .