Johann Berenhard Klausing

Johann Berenhard Klausing (* before 1683 ; † 1762 ) was a German organ builder from Herford , who worked in northwest Germany in the first half of the 18th century.

Life

Little is known about Johann Berenhard Klausing's biography. He was born as the son of Hinrich Klausing (* 1642/43 in Rheda ; † 1720 in Herford), in whose company he is recorded in 1693. From 1711 Johann Berenhard appeared as the representative and successor of his father. His brother Christian Klausing (1687–1764) was also an organ builder. Both sons continued their father's business together. Johann Berenhard was structuarius and organist at Herford Cathedral from 1724 to 1761 . He died between October 13, 1761 and August 24, 1762.

plant

The Klausing family from Herford worked in the 17th and 18th centuries between Hanover and Westphalia and from the North Sea to the Sauerland, with a focus on Bielefeld and Osnabrück . The well-known organ building family built around 50 new organs between 1677 and 1755, which can be safely attributed. Due to the collaboration in the family business, the works of the three organ builders in the family cannot always be clearly distinguished. As a rule, small single-manual organs with attached pedals were built, which had about six to a maximum of twelve stops in a uniform disposition . Only four of them have an independent pedal that was set up behind the main plant. In 1715 the family's only positive return was created by Johann Berenhard. Characteristic for the works of the Klausing family is the richly decorated prospectus design with towers and many pipe fields that rise gradually towards the inside. In addition, the family took up the Westphalian type with the characteristic two-storey pointed towers between three round towers. Works by Johann Berenhard Klausing are attested for the period between 1711 and 1738. Up to around 1720, handcrafted spring shops were used.

List of works (selection)

In the fifth column of the table, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal , a lower-case "p" indicates an attached pedal and the Arabic number in the sixth column indicates the number of sounding registers .

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1711	Höxter	St. Nikolai		I / p	8th	New building; later extensions to III / P / 32 today; some registers and some cases preserved; 1973 and 1999 restored by the Westphalian organ builder S. Sauer
1711	Lüchtringen			I / p		New building; not received
1712	Höxter	St. Petri		II / P	20th	New building; not received
1713	Melle	St. Matthew		II / p	17th	or from Hinrich Klausing; originally in Osnabrück / Dominican monastery; Donated to the parish of Melle in 1819; 1858 extension to II / P / 26; Organ largely preserved; 2008/09 restored by Hendrik Ahrend → organ
1715	Quakenbrück					New construction of a Rückpositiv
around 1715	Mülheim an der Ruhr					New building
1716	Deserts	Ev.-ref. church		I / p		or Christian Klausing; New building
1714-1717	Oelinghausen	Oelinghausen Monastery		II / p		Extension of the Marten de Mare organ (1599; II / p / 15); Prospectus and some registers received; 2000–2002 restored by Orgelbau Kuhn → Orgel
1717	Wiedensahl	St. Nicholas		I / p		together with Christian Klausing; today II / P / 20; only housing received
1718	Silixes	Ev.-ref. church		I / p		three registers from probably Johann Berenhard Klausing preserved (today II / P / 16)
around 1720	Zwillbrock	St. Francis		II / p	18th	or Christian Klausing
1722?	Rhynern	St. Regina		II / p	18th	or Christian Klausing; originally for Soest / Dominican Church
1722	Hiddenhausen	Ev. church		I / p		probably from the Klausing brothers; Housing preserved (today II / P / 16)
before 1725	Detmold	Ev.-luth. church		I / p		New building
1725	snakes			I / p	6th	New building
1730?	Himmelpforten			II / p	20th	or Christian Klausing; New building
1735-1737	Warburg	Dominican Church		II / p	16	or Christian Klausing; New building
1738	Dielingen	St. Mary		I / p		Extension conversion (one register and range)
around 1740	Herzebrock-Clarholz	St. Laurence		II / P		Organ builder not clear (possibly Johann Patroclus Möller or Johann Josef Mencke); today II / P / 30
1748	Varenholz	Varenholz Castle , Ref. Church		I / p	9	or Christian Klausing; New building
1752	Langenholzhausen	Ev.-ref. church		I / p	10	or Christian Klausing; New building

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical data after: Wilfried Michel: The organs of the Oelinghausen monastery. In: Magdalena Padberg (Ed.): Oelinghausen Monastery. Arnsberg, Strobel, 1986, ISBN 3-87793-018-2 , p. 108
2. ^ Rudolf Reuter: Clausing . In: Music in the past and present . Volume 15, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1973, ISBN 3-89853-160-0 , Sp. 1510 (CD-Rom edition of the 1st edition, Directmedia, Berlin 2003).
3. ↑ Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe (as of August 12, 2010).

literature

• Marianne Borgmeyer: The organ builder family Klausing . In: Hannelore Reuter (ed.): Baroque organ art in Westphalia . H. Reuter, Münster 1996, ISBN 3-00-000072-0 .
• Walter Kaufmann : The organs of East Frisia . East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1968.
• Rudolf Reuter: The Herford organ builder Klausing . In: Westphalia . tape 42 , 1964, pp. 261-274 .
• Rudolf Reuter: Organs in Westphalia. Inventory of historical organs in Westphalia and Lippe . Ed .: Hermann Busen. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1965.
• Harald Vogel , Günter Lade, Nicola Borger-Keweloh: Organs in Lower Saxony . Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 .
• Rudolf Reuter: Clausing . In: Music in the past and present . Volume 15, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1973, ISBN 3-89853-160-0 , Sp. 1510-1511 (CD-Rom edition of the 1st edition, Directmedia, Berlin 2003).

Web links

• Organ in Oelinghausen
• Organ in Melle
• Organ atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe by Hans-Werner Coordes

See also

• List of organ builders