Hans Henric Cahman

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Hans Henric Cahman , German also Hans Heinrich Cahman the Elder , (* around 1640 ; † September 5, 1699 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish organ builder of German family origin . Hans Henric Cahman was the son of the organ builder of German origin Henric Cahman and a member of the Swedish organ builder family Cahman . His son was the organ builder Johan Niclas Cahman .

life and work

Hans Henric Cahman came from northern Germany, probably from Western Pomerania, which was part of Sweden at that time. He learned the trade of organ building as a journeyman from his father-in-law Hans Christoph Fritzsche and worked with him in Hamburg until his death in 1674. He then worked in Landskrona and between 1688 and 1692 in Växjö . He then became active in Uppsala and Stockholm. After his death in 1699, his son Johan Niclas and his brother Johan Herman Cahman took over the workshop and the ongoing organ projects .

Hans Henric Cahman built the cathedral organ in Växjö in the 1680s and the large three-manual cathedral organ in Uppsala with 50 registers from 1692 to 1698 . At that time it was the largest and most beautiful organ in Scandinavia. According to AA Hülphers, Cahmann was owned by King Karl XI around 1680 . been invited to build this organ. "The invitation of Hans Heinrich Cahmans the Elder. for the construction of the cathedral organ in Uppsala was probably based on economic considerations, since in Sweden they wanted to build better and larger organs than before and not be dependent on foreign countries. ”Therefore, they were looking for an important organ expert from the Swedish possessions in northern Germany. A smaller organ that he built for Virestad Church in 1690 is now in the Smålands Museum in Växjö. The latter organ is the only surviving example of the Hans-Henric-Cahman organs.

The workshop that Cahmann had set up was only allowed to train Swedish employees. It was and is known as the Cahman School and existed from 1680 to 1812. After Cahman's death, it was first directed by his brother Johan Herman Cahman, then by his son Johan Niclas Cahman. Other directors were Daniel Stråhle, Olof Hedlund, Jonas Gren, Peter Stråhle, Carl Wåhlström and Matthias Swahlberg. Stylistically, this so-called Cahman school belongs to the North German and Dutch high and late baroque. The connections to the north German organ culture were very close due to journeyman migrations and organist contacts.

swell

  • Cahman (family) . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. People part: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1959, p. 265 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). There also information on Hans Henric Cahman.
  • Thorild Lindgren:  Cahman, Swedish family of organ builders. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 15 (Supplement 1: Aachen - Dyson). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1973, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 1241–1242 There also a treatise on Hans Henric Cahman .
  • AA Hülphers, Historisk Afhandling om Musik och Instrumenter särdeles om Orgwerk.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Wilibald Gurlitt: In: Riemann Musiklexikon.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Thorild Lindgren: Hans Henric Cahman. In: MGG1.
  3. ↑ a b c d Information from the Swedish-language Wikipedia with references there.
personal data
SURNAME Cahman, Hans Henric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cahman, Hans Heinrich; Cahman, Hans Heinrich the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1640
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1699
Place of death Stockholm