Gustav Terkmann
Gustav Terkmann (born September 10 . Jul / 22. September 1850 greg. In Nõva ; † 16th May 1924 ) was an Estonian organ builder .
Life and organ building
Gustav Terkmann was born as Kustav Targamaa. For advertising and patent reasons, he changed his Estonian name to a German one before the First World War .
Terkmann was a student of the Estonian organ builder Gustav Normann (1821-1893). In 1882 Terkmann made his first organ. He later moved to the Estonian capital Tallinn and founded a successful organ building company there.
As an organ builder, Terkmann belonged to a transitional period: his organs had mechanical action , but he was already using pneumatics for the registers . Only his son August Terkmann started building fully pneumatic organs.
Organs by Gustav Terkmann in Estonia (selection)
- Nõva Church (1885)
- Tallinn , Nikolaikirche (Sankt Antonius Chapel)
- Loksa Church (1889)
- Tuhala Church , reconstruction of the organ created by Gustav Normann in 1849
- Kirbla Church , partial reconstruction of the organ created by Carl August Tanton in 1850 (1895–1905)
- Vändra Church
- Noarootsi Church (authorship unsecured)
- Järva-Madise Church (1902)
- Hageri Church (1902)
- Mustjala Church (1903)
- Leesi Church (1905)
Private life
Gustav Terkmann was married three times: with Leno Targamaa (née Kiritse, 1850–1881), Mai Terkmann (née Uttermüller, 1859–1901) and Maria Terkmann (1866-?). He had three sons and three daughters.
His second oldest son was the Estonian organ builder August Terkmann (1885–1940). In 1908 he took over the management of his father's organ workshop in Tallinn. His daughter Tiiu Targama (1907–1994) was organist, concertmaster and conductor at the Estonia Opera House and lecturer in the opera class at the State Conservatory.
Web links
- Toomas Mäeväli: Estonian organs (German; PDF; 102 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.rehetrummi.eu/index.php/page_id/25
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.postimees.ee/leht/97/07/25/kultuur.htm ( Memento from March 10, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.eelk.ee/ida-harju/loksa_en.html
- ↑ http://register.muinas.ee/?menuID=monument&action=view&id=16328
- ↑ http://register.muinas.ee/?menuID=monument&action=view&id=19771
- ↑ http://register.muinas.ee/?menuID=monument&action=view&id=16389
- ↑ http://www.eelk.ee/ida-harju/leesi_en.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terkmann, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Targamaa, Kustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nova |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1924 |