Johan Frederik Witte

Johan Frederik Witte (born November 6, 1840 in Utrecht , † February 3, 1902 in Utrecht) was a Dutch organ builder .

Life

Johan Frederik Witte (nickname Frits) was born as the eldest child of the German-Dutch organ builder Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Witte and Dorothea Antoinetta. Born in camp. One of his four brothers was Georg Hendrik Witte (1843–1929). Little is known about the life of JF Witte. His interest in organ building was aroused early on. He worked in his father's company for 17 years before becoming a partner in J. Bätz & Co., Utrecht, in 1869, which he took over as sole owner after his father's death in 1873. He died on February 3, 1902. Since no one in the Witte family was interested in the continuation of the business, it was his wish to cease operations. The J. Bätz & Co. company was liquidated on February 14, 1903, and its company archive is in the organ archive of the Utrecht University library.

family

JF Witte married Johanna Gehardina Broekmeijer (1852–1917) from Leiden on August 2, 1878. From this marriage Clara Witte (1880-1940) emerged. After completing her pianistic training, she worked as a piano teacher.

plant

JF Witte was keen to continue his father's work in the tradition of Bätz & Co. As a partner, he handled the correspondence, including the drafting of contracts. After the death of his father, he took over sole management of the business. The execution of the practical work, with the exception of the intonation, he left to his employees on the basis of comprehensive instructions and limited his own activities to the implementation of controls. He also relied on the experience of his experienced employees when preparing offers for repairs.

The high appreciation of his work is expressed in the obituary of his colleague Maarschalkerweerd, according to which "all current and future organ builders will have to agree with me in the high praise that is owed to true art and that is due to the deceased artist to such an extent."

List of works

Analogous to the list of works by Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Witte, this overview contains the organs of the Bätz & Co. company that were newly used in the years 1874–1902. During this time, JF Witte was the sole owner of the company.

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal; "P (T)" denotes a semi-independent pedal that has a transmission (mostly the Bourdon 16 ′ from the main work ).

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1874	Utrecht	Geertekerk		II / p (T)	16	since 1985 in Geervliet, Hervormde Kerk
1874	Wateringen	Hervormde Kerk		II / p (T)	9
1875	Rijswijk ( Buren (Gelderland) )	Martinuskerk		II / p (T)	9
1875	Hardinxveld	Oude Kerk		II / P	16
1876	Soest	Oude Kerk		II / p (T)	10	Canceled in 1958; received some registers
1877	Zeist	Evangelical community, Kleine Zaal		I / P	6th
1877	Rotterdam	Oosterkerk		II / P	19th
1877	Zoelmond ( Buren (Gelderland) )	Hervormde Kerk		II / p (T)	9
1878	Voorthuizen ( Barneveld )	Dorpskerk		II / p (T)	12
1878	Ellewoutsdijk	Hervormde Kerk		II / p (T)	12
1879	Voorburg	Oude Kerk		II / P	21st
1879	Utrecht , Buiten de Waard	Oud Catholic Church		II / p (T)	9
1880	Utrecht	Lutheran Kerk		II / p (T)	13
1881	The hague	Great Kerk		III / P	55	Replaced in 1971
1882	Utrecht	Buurkerk		II / P	31	1984 expanded
1883	Zeist	Evangelical Kerk		II / P	19th
1883	The hague	Muziekschool		I / P	5
1884	Utrecht , Driehoek	Gertrudiskerk		II / p (T)	11	since 1968/1969 in Kockengen
1885	Amsterdam	Lutheran Kerk		III / P	40
1886	Oudewater	Oud Catholic Church		II / p	7th
1887	Amsterdam	Koepelkerk		II / P	22nd
1888	Utrecht	Klaaskerk		II / P	25th
1889	Hoorn	Grote Kerk		II / P	27
1890	Amsterdam	Vrije Gemeente		II / P	23
1890	Utrecht , Clarenburg	Oud-Katholieke Kerk		II / p (T)	10
1892	The hague	Zuiderkerk		II / p (T)	15th
1894	Rotterdam	Noorderkerk		II / P	2
1896	Apeldoorn	Hervormde Kerk		II / P	30th
1897	Boskoop	Hervormde Kerk		II / p (T)	16
1899	Utrecht	Pieterskerk		II / P	25th
1900	Haastrecht	Hervormde Kerk		II / p (T)	13
1900	Culemborg	Oud Catholic Church		II / p (T)	10
1901	Haarlem	Remonstrantse Kerk		II / p (T)	11
1902	Harmelen	Hervormde Kerk		II / p (T)	10

literature

• Gert Oost: De orgelmakers Bätz (1739–1849), een eeuw orgelbouw in Nederland. 3. Edition. Canaletto, Alphen aan den Rijn 1981.
• Teus den Toom: De orgelmakers Witte. Een bijdrage tot de divorcee van de orgelbow in ederland in de tweede help van de negentiende eeuw. 2 parts. JJ Groen en Zoon, Heerenveen 1997, ISBN 90-5030-767-1 .

Web links

Commons : Orgeln by Johan Frederik Witte  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Maarten Albert Vente Utrecht Organ Archive Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Maarten Albert Vente Utrecht Organ Archive Foundation , accessed January 30, 2018.
2. ↑ Weekblad voor Muziek of February 15, 1902.
3. ↑ Teus den Toom: De orgelmakers Witte. Volume II, p. 1351.