Gottfried Heinrich Gloger

Gottfried Heinrich Gloger (* 1710 in Hanover ; † April 1779 in Verdal ) was a German organ builder .

Life

He was born as the third son of the organ builder Johann Heinrich Gloger . His two older brothers Johann Wilhelm Gloger (1702–1760) and Dietrich Christoph Gloger (between 1704 and 1708–1773) also learned the organ building trade. After training with his father, he worked for the Schnitger students Lambert Daniel Kastens and Christian Vater . In 1738 he moved to Norway and was initially organist in Risør. In 1746 he received the royal privilege as an organ builder in Norway. In his time he was considered the greatest Norwegian organ builder. Gloger was married four times (1745–1763 with Pernille Nielsdatter Klastrup, 1770–1772 with Christina Lund, 1773 with Lucia Rasbech and 1774 until his death with Ester Abel Parelius). His first three wives each died.

List of works

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1743	Risør	Risør kirke				Prospectus received
1747	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Domkirke				not received
1749	Mountains	Bergen Domkirke				not received
1765	Kongsberg	Kongsberg church		III / P	34	His largest organ, with which he also got into debt; receive
1768	Sem	Sem kirke				Prospectus received
1771	Mære	Mære kirke				not received
1776	Stiklestad	Stiklestad kirke				Prospectus received

In addition, there are at least two organ extensions in Bergen (1738 and 1739).

literature

• Liselotte Selle: The Gloger family of organ builders (1) . In: Acta Organologica . tape 4 , 1970, pp. 59-118 .
• Stein Johannes Kolnes: Norsk organ culture . Det norske samlaget, Oslo 1987.

Web links

• Description of the organ in Kongsberg