Hans-Wolfgang Theobald

Hans Wolfgang Theobald (2011)

Hans-Wolfgang Theobald (* 1954 in Würzburg ) is a German organ builder , musicologist and church musician .

Life

Hans-Wolfgang Theobald was born in Würzburg in 1954. From 1963 to 1982 he was a member of the Würzburger Domsingknaben . As a teenager he decided to take up the profession of organ builder. From 1975 to 1978 he completed an apprenticeship with Otto Hoffmann in Ostheim vor der Rhön . For his journeyman's piece, he was awarded the 1st national winner in the practical performance competition of the German youth craftsmen . The scholarship associated with the award enabled him to study at the University of Würzburg , where he studied history , folklore and musicology from 1978 to 1986 . In 1988 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the organ builder Johann Georg Markert from Ostheim, whose grandson and workshop successor Otto Hoffmann he completed his training.

Theobald was active as a church musician at various churches, for example at the Holy Cross Church in Würzburg , St. Maria Königin in Ostheim, St. Michael in Merl (Meckenheim) and St. Marien in Bonn . Since 1982 he has been working for the organ building company Johannes Klais in Bonn as a technician and head of the restoration department. Project planning and construction of new organs and restorations form the focus of his work. Together with Philipp Klais and Clemens Ganz , he planned and organized, among other things, the new construction of the organ in the nave of Cologne Cathedral , which was inaugurated in 1998. He conceived as an expert repair, modification and expansion of numerous important nationally, often under monument protection standing historical organs .

Theobald writes articles about organ projects and historical organs for the journals Ars Organi and Acta Organologica of the Society of Organ Friends (GdO), for the association journal Musica sacra and for the ISO Journal , the specialist journal of the International Society of Organbuilders (ISO).

He is also active as a lecturer at the commercial Oskar-Walcker-Schule in Ludwigsburg in the field of training as a “restorer in the craft” and gives lectures at organ conferences. Theobald has been a member of the main committee of the Society of Organ Friends (GdO) since 2011.

Historic organs restored by Theobald (selection)

Vorenweg organ of the Cappenberg collegiate church
Köhler organ both choir organs (1753/59) in Ebrach monastery
Steinmeyer organ in the St. Marien Hof town church
Klausing organ in St. Kiliani (Höxter)
Stumm organ in the Evangelical Church in Kleinich
Gabler organ of the monastery church Ochsenhausen (together with Orgelbau Kuhn)
Christian-Ludwig-König-Organ in St. Martinus (Ollheim)
Späth organ in St. Oswald (Regensburg)
Pfleger organ in the Loreto Chapel in Stockach
Walcker organ of the Votive Church (Vienna)

Publications (selection)

Organ builder Johann Georg Markert from Ostheim and his work: a contribution to the history of organ building in Thuringia in the 19th century . Verlag Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1990, ISBN 3795206413 . On-line
The Holzhey organ from 1793 in red on the red. Acta Organologica , Vol. 24, 1994, pp. 269-358.
The organ by Adrien Joseph Pottier (1759) in the St. Michaels Church in Vogtsburg-Niederrotweil. In: Acta Organologica. Volume 22, 1991, pp. 249-278.
Hans-Wolfgang Theobald (Author), Evangelical Church Community Kleinich (Ed.): Inauguration of the restored Stumm organ in the Evangelical Church in Kleinich on Sunday, June 8th, 1986 at 2.30 p.m. Kleinich 1986, [without ISBN].
Hermann Fischer , Hans-Wolfgang Theobald: The Rhenish organ builders Balthasar and Christian Ludwig König (PDF; 565 kB)
Hermann Fischer, Hans-Wolfgang Theobald, Theodor Wohnhaas; in: The positive of St. Georg in Dinkelsbühl. In: Musik in Bayern , No. 38, 1989, pp. 33–73.
Friedrich W. Riedel, Hans-Wolfgang Theobald: "The organ of St. Paulin in Trier", Worms 2004.

Web links

Literature by and about Hans-Wolfgang Theobald in the catalog of the German National Library
Radio interview with Hans-Wolfgang Theobald on November 3rd, 2009 on Domradio

Individual evidence

↑ Dr. Hans Wolfgang Theobald - organ builder, including the swallow's nest organ in Cologne Cathedral (November 3rd, 2009) -. In: domradio.de. November 3, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b Member of the main committee of the GdO Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Theobald - Society of Organ Friends. In: gdo.de. March 4, 2015, accessed July 22, 2017 .
^ New Media Partners Ag: Author: Hans-Wolfgang Theobald - Musica Sacra - The magazine for Catholic church music. In: musica-sacra-online.de. July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
^ Orgelbau Klais Bonn: Stockach, Loreto Chapel: For the restoration of the organ by Johann Christophorus Pfleger. In: orgelbau-klais.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Theobald, Hans-Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Theobald, Hans Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wurzburg

[domradio-1] Dr. Hans Wolfgang Theobald - organ builder, including the swallow's nest organ in Cologne Cathedral (November 3rd, 2009) -. In: domradio.de. November 3, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .

[Bio-2] Member of the main committee of the GdO Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Theobald - Society of Organ Friends. In: gdo.de. March 4, 2015, accessed July 22, 2017 .

[3] New Media Partners Ag: Author: Hans-Wolfgang Theobald - Musica Sacra - The magazine for Catholic church music. In: musica-sacra-online.de. July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .

[4] Orgelbau Klais Bonn: Stockach, Loreto Chapel: For the restoration of the organ by Johann Christophorus Pfleger. In: orgelbau-klais.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017 .