Jacob Courtain

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Jacob Courtain , also: Jakob Courtain or Jacobus Courtain , (* around 1760 , † 1825 ) was a German organ builder.

Life

Jacob Courtain probably came to Emmerich from France . Later he settled in Burgsteinfurt. He built the largest organ works in northwest Germany at the time: u. a. in the Osnabrück Cathedral , in the Osnabrück Marienkirche and in the Oldenburg Lambertikirche . Classic French, Dutch and North German influences were combined in Courtain's construction.

A well-known student of Jacob Courtain was Johann Conrad Bürgy , who u. a. From 1782 to 1787 he built the organ of the landgrave's castle church in Bad Homburg .

Works (selection)

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
around 1780 Schermerhorn Herv. Dungeon II / p Attribution; receive
1784-1790 Osnabrück St. Mary IV / P 40 Organ in the Schlaun case; Destroyed in 1944
1791-1793 Veldhausen Evangelical Reformed Church Organ of the ev.-ref. Church Veldhausen.png I / P 12 Courtain's only organ in Germany that has been preserved true to the original
1792-1800 Oldenburg (Oldb) Lamberti Church IV / P 46 New building completed by employee Johann Wilhelm Krämersdorf; Replaced in 1903 by Johann Martin Schmid

literature

in order of appearance

  • Theodor Schwake : master organ builder Jacob Courtain. Its organ building from 1778 to 1800, its artistic importance, its personality . Dissertation, University of Münster, Münster 1923.
  • Gregor Schwake: About the organ builder Jacob Courtain . In: Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch , vol. 25 (1930), pp. 117–121.
  • WC de Jong: Jacob Courtain, a secret pinnacle master in de duitse orgelbouw . In: Mens en melodie. Maandblad voor muziek , Vol. 11 (1956), No. 12, pp. 372-378.
  • Wolfgang Arbogast: The Courtain organ at St. Hermes in Kleve-Warbeyen. "Accorded" in 1782, completed in 1791 by JH Titz from Grefrath in Geldrischen . In: Calendar for the Klever Land , vol. 53 (2003), pp. 139–146.
  • Wolfgang Arbogast: The submerged Courtain organ in the Reformed Church in Kleve, finally destroyed in 1944 . In: Calendar for the Klever Land , vol. 56 (2006), pp. 73–80.

Footnotes

  1. ^ WC Jonc: Jacob Courtain, a secret pinned meester in de duitse orgelbouw . In: Mens en melodie , Vol. 11 (1956), pp. 372–378, here p. 375.
  2. ^ Thomas Lipski: Organ building in Münster and Westphalia. A historical overview taking into account the mutual influences of neighboring regions . In: Ars Organi , Vol. 51 (2003), Heft 3, pp. 144–154, here p. 149.
  3. ↑ Walter Kaufmann: The organs of the old Duchy of Oldenburg. North Oldenburg organ topography . Stalling, Oldenburg 1962.

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personal data
SURNAME Courtain, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1760
DATE OF DEATH 1825