Johann Bätz
Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (born January 1, 1709 in Frankenroda , † December 13, 1770 in Utrecht ) was a German-Dutch organ builder .
Life
Bätz was born in Frankenroda / Thuringia in 1709 . Until 1733 he learned the organ building trade with Johann Christoph Thielemann in Gotha. He then moved to the Netherlands, where he was employed by Christian Müller to build the organ in St. Bavo's Church (Haarlem) . In 1739 he opened his own workshop in Utrecht . He created sixteen organs by his death in 1770. He started a family of organ builders who built around 60 church organs in the Netherlands .
Works
| year | place | church | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1761 | Gorinchem | ||||
| 1762 | The hague | Lutheran Kerk | |||
| 1768 | Woerden | Petrikirche | |||
| 1770 | Zierikzee | St. Lievens Church | 56 | Destroyed by fire in 1832. |
literature
- Salomon Kümmerle: Bätz, Johann Heinrich Hartmann [and descendants] . In: Encyclopedia of Protestant Church Music . tape 1 . Gütersloh 1888, p. 122 .
- Gert Oost: De orgelmakers Bätz, een eeuw orgelbouw in Nederland (1739-1849) . Alphen ad Rijn (Uitg.Canaletto) 1975, p. 408 .
- Gert Oost: The organ builders Bätz, 1739-1849. In: Organ Calendar 1975 . Jacq. Stinkens, Orgelpijpenmakers, Zeist 1975.
- Jaap Jan Steensma: "'t Was Bätz die Konstenaar" Aanvullingen op de biography of Jan Hendrik Hartman Bätz . In: Het Orgel . tape 111 , no. 3 , 2015, p. 34-43 .
- Willem van Twillert: Het Bätz organ in de Ronde Lutherse Kerk te Amsterdam opnieuw in gebruik genomen . In: De Orgelvriend . tape 39 , no. 7/8 , 1997, pp. 8-12 .
- James L. Wallmann: Bätz . In: Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (Eds.): The Organ. To Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York, London 2006, ISBN 0-415-94174-1 , pp. 53 .
- Johann Bätz . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 2. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 103-104 (Dutch, knaw.nl - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1912, reprint unchanged).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bätz, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bätz, Johann Heinrich Hartmann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Dutch organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1709 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankenroda |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1770 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |