Johann Caspar Rommel

Johann Caspar Rommel (born October 22, 1721 in Roßdorf (Thuringia) ; † June 12, 1800 there ) was a German organ builder .

He worked in West Thuringia and East Hesse in the second half of the 18th century and is considered an important master. The structure of the new organs follows Thuringian tradition, while the richly designed prospectuses are influenced by Main Franconia .

Works

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
? 1750	Stedtlingen	Stedtlinger Church				New building; but probably 1756–1757 by Johann Casper Beck
1752 (? 1756;? 1759)	Herpf	St. Johannis		II / P	22nd	New building; Restoration in 1995 by Hey Orgelbau .
1756	Hümpfershausen	Evang. church				Modification.
1755-1757	Kaltenlengsfeld	Evang. church		II / P	22nd	New building; Restoration of the Waltershausen organ building, 2001 to 2006.
1760	Seeba	Evang. church				Realization of the organ built for Herpf in 1668 by Johann Moritz Weise (1632–1704).
1765/1766	Wohlmuthshausen	Evang. church		II / P	19th	New building; Restoration 1991–1994 by the Kaulsdorf Castle restoration workshop.
1778/1779	Zella Mehlis	St. Blaise (Zella)		II / P	25th	New building; Restoration Schuke (Potsdam) , 1988 to 1990. (Reconstruction while retaining the six registers added by Ratz (Ohrdruf) in 1817, new construction only of the tongue registers and the facade.)
1786	Gumpelstadt	Evang. church		I / P	11	Modification.
1793	Geba	Evang. church		I / P	9	New building; Restored in 1996 by Orgelbau Hoffmann .

The organ building in Stadtlengsfeld (1793) attributed to Rommel goes back to Johann-Markus Oestreich .

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 327 .
• Hartmut Haupt : Organs in East and South Thuringia . Education and knowledge, Bad Homburg / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-927879-59-2 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 , pp. 232-233 .

Sound recordings

• Johann Sebastian Bach : Organ Works, Vol. 4. (Prelude in A minor BWV 569, Fugue in C minor BWV 574, Fugue in G minor BWV 578, Little Organ Book Choirs BWV 632–636, Choral Partita BWV 770) Rommel organ in St Blasii, Zella-Mehlis. Gerhard Weinberger . CD. CPO, 1999.
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Early Organ Works. (Fantasia and Fugue in A minor BWV 561, Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 566, Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 569/947, Fantasia in G major 571, chorale arrangements BWV 743, chorale partitas BWV 758, BWV 770 and BWV deest, Chorales from the Rudorff collection .) Bernard Foccroulle . Rommel organ of the Blasii Church in Zella-Mehlis. CD. Ricercar, 1997.

Web links

• Organ builder Johann Caspar Rommel in the Rhön Lexicon at rhoen.info
• Johann Caspar Rommel ( memento from June 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on Lothar Rommel's private website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fischer, Wohnhaas: Lexicon of south German organ builders. 1994, p. 327.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. 2009, p. 232.
3. ↑ According to Stedlingen Church - The Baroque Organ. At the evang.-luth. Parish, accessed February 22, 2015.
4. ↑ The revealed secret of the Stedtlinger organ. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Stiftung Orgelklang (Ed.): Stiftung Orgelklang aktuell , 2/2010. (PDF; 332 kB).  
5. ↑ Herpf. In: Hartmut Haupt: Organs in East and South Thuringia . Verlag Bildung und Wissen, Bad Homburg / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-927879-59-2 , p. 125 .
6. ↑ The Orgeln - Herpf Johannis Church ( memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at the Thuringian Organ Summer , accessed on February 22, 2015.
7. ↑ Restoration No. 85 ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in opus list from Hey Orgelbau, accessed on February 22, 2015.  
8. ↑ → List of works → Kaltenlengsfeld: Organ to Kaltenlengsfeld. Restoration 2001–2006. On the website of Orgelbau Waltershausen , accessed on February 22, 2015.
9. ^ Seeba on the website of the Evang. Meiningen church district, accessed on February 22, 2015.
10. ↑ Hartmut Haupt: Organs in East and South Thuringia . Verlag Bildung und Wissen, Bad Homburg / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-927879-59-2 , p. 163 .
11. ↑ Wohlmuthausen on the website of the Evangelical Church District Meiningen, accessed on February 22, 2015.
12. ↑ Zella-Mehlis. In: Hartmut Haupt: Organs in East and South Thuringia . Verlag Bildung und Wissen, Bad Homburg / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-927879-59-2 , p. 127 .
13. ↑ Hartmut Haupt: Organs in the Suhl district. Council d. Bez.Suhl, Culture Department, Suhl 1985, p. 32.
14. ^ Church of Zella St. Blasii. ( Memento of August 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) On the website of the Evang. Parish Association Zella-Mehlis / Oberhof, accessed on February 22, 2015.
15. ↑ CD booklet: Johann Sebastian Bach: Early Organ Works. Bernard Foccroulle. Rommel organ of the Blasii Church in Zella-Mehlis. CD. Ricercar, 1997, p. 19.
16. ↑ According to Die Orgeln - Rhönblick, OT Geba ( memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at the Thuringian Organ Summer , accessed on February 22, 2015.
17. ↑ Architecture and history of the Geba Church ( memento from April 24, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) at evang.-luth. Parish office of Stapfershausen, accessed on February 22, 2015.
18. ↑ Stadtlengsfeld. In: Hartmut Haupt: Organs in East and South Thuringia . Verlag Bildung und Wissen, Bad Homburg / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-927879-59-2 , p. 129 .