Johann Anton Weise

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Johann Anton Weise (* 1672 in Arnstadt ; † August 22, 1750 ibid) was a German organ builder who had his workshop in Arnstadt.

life and work

Weise came from a family of musicians and was born the son of the organ builder (Johann) Moritz Weiß (1632–1704). He appeared for the first time in 1691/1692 as an employee of his father in building the organ in Gierstädt. After his father's death, he took over his workshop in Arnstadt. Wise's effectiveness as an independent organ builder has been proven between 1705 and 1738. On July 31, 1716, he and Johann Sebastian Bach took over the new organ of the Erfurt Augustinian monastery . Weise is considered to be the inventor of a coupling that coupled back from the pedal to the manual.

List of works

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1705 Bienstädt Johanneskirche II / P 14th New building
1708-1712 Apple Town Saint Walpurgis Church Apple town St. Walpurgis 04.jpg II / P 20th New building; Replaced in 1833 by Valentin Knauf, who took over parts of the Weise organ
1720 Stuttering home Village church II / P 28 New building
1721 Steinbach-Hallenberg City Church II / P 19th New building
1723-1724 Rockhausen St. Elisabeth II / P 17th New building; replaced by Johann Michael Hesse II. and son Ludwig Julius Hesse in 1858
1723-1724 Dornheim (Thuringia) St. Bartholomäi Church II / P New building; not received
1727 Siegelbach (Arnstadt) Fortified church Siegelbach fortified church 01.jpg I / P 10 New building; 1850 renovation by Friedrich Wilhelm Holland, in 1869 various works by Friedrich Knaust
1736 Graefenroda St. Laurence Gräfenroda St. Laurentius 01.JPG II / P 26th New building based on plans by the local organist Johann Peter Kellner ; 1909 reconstruction by Adam Eifert , 2005 restoration / reconstruction of Waltershausen organ building; Housing and 11% of the pipes from 15 registers preserved
1736 Arnstadt Upper Church II / P 22nd Reconstruction of the organ (before 1650)
1738 Aspenfield St. Crucis I / P 10 New building
Chisel St. Mary II / P 10 New building

literature

  • Felix Friedrich, Eberhard Kneipel: Organs in Thuringia - A travel guide (=  242nd publication of the Society of Organ Friends ). 2nd Edition. Kamprad, Altenburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-930550-67-8 .
  • Felix Friedrich: Practical performance observations on the organ work of Johann Peter Kellner in connection with the organ by Johann Anton Weise in Graefenroda. In: Ars Organi . 53, 2005, pp. 214-218.
  • Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 , pp. 328 .
  • Christoph Wolff, Markus Zepf: The organs of JS Bach - A manual . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-374-02407-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich, Kneipel: Organs in Thuringia. 2010, p. 41.
  2. ^ Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area. 2009, p. 328.
  3. ↑ Friedrich, Kneipel: Organs in Thuringia. 2010, p. 59.
  4. ↑ Festschrift Orgelbau Waltershausen , pp. 26–27, accessed on April 17, 2018 (PDF file).
personal data
SURNAME Way, Johann Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Way, Anton; White, Anton; Weis, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1672
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnstadt
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1750
Place of death Arnstadt