Johann Adam Oestreich

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Johann Adam Oestreich (born February 15, 1776 in Oberbimbach , † May 16, 1865 in Bachrain ) was a German organ builder .

family

He was the second son of the organ builder Johann-Markus Oestreich (* 1738 in Oberbimbach; † 1833 ibid), probably the most important of the five generations of organ builders in the Oestreich family , from his second marriage to Agnes Schmitt (* 1746 in Oberbimbach) and a Grandson of Jost (Jodocus) Oestreich (1715–1790), who appeared as the first organ builder in the family from 1745 at the latest.

He married Maria Barbara Schäfer (1777–1850) on May 27, 1806, with whom he had children Constantin (* 1808), Adelheid (* 1809), Maria Barbara (* 1812), Maria Juliane (* 1814), Joseph (* 1817), Theresia (* 1821) and Julius Isidor (* 1827).

Act

The Oestreich organ in Pfordt

While his older brother Johann Georg Oestreich (1770-1858) stayed in Oberbimbach and founded the Oberbimbach branch of the family, Johann Adam moved to nearby Bachrain, now part of Künzell, and founded the Bachrain branch.

He mainly worked in the Fulda area , where he had voting contracts for a number of organs and also repaired numerous organs. Organs built by him were in the contemporary modern style of classicism and early romanticism . From 1825 to 1827 he was an organist and organ builder in the Corvey monastery , and during this time he rebuilt the organ in Corvey and also repaired organs in the Minden area . After the death of his father in 1833 he was in charge of the Fulda cathedral organs .

From him (largely) preserved organs are in the cath. Capuchin Church in Brakel (before 1803), in the Protestant parish church of Wehrda (1807), in the Protestant village church of Helmers (1811), in the Protestant parish church of St. Michael in Sondheim vor der Rhön (1819), and in the ev. village church in Pfordt (1849).

literature

  • Gottfried Rehm : The organ builder family Oestreich. In: Acta Organologica . Vol. 7, 1973, pp. 37-66.
  • Gottfried Rehm: Contributions to the history of the organ building family Oestreich. In: Acta Organologica . Vol. 21, 1990, pp. 55-99.
  • Gottfried Rehm: Musikantenleben. Contributions to the music history of Fulda and the Rhön in the 18th and 19th centuries. Parzeller, Fulda 1997, ISBN 3-7900-0282-8 (= publication of the Fulda History Association ).

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.orgel-owl.de/brakel.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCG9vqgFXNs
  3. ↑ Built with his brother Johann Georg.
personal data
SURNAME Oestreich, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberbimbach
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1865
Place of death Bachrain