Johann Christian Kayser

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Johann Christian Kayser (born May 13, 1750 in Ohorn ; † August 8, 1813 in Dresden ) was a Saxon organ builder .

Life

Before Kayser set up his own workshop in Dresden in 1776, he learned his trade with the Pfützner brothers in Pulsnitz , then with his relative Andreas Kayser and finally with Johann Gottlieb Mauer in Leipzig .

List of works (excerpt)

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1780 Dresden Orphanage Church I / P 11 not received
1780 Dresden old garrison church I / P 13 After the town fire in Bischofswerda in 1813, it was given away to the town church there and given in payment there in 1818 for the new organ by Johann Gottfried Miersch .
1782-1783 Dresden Anne's Church II / P 24 not received
1789 Wages Lohmen Church
20060305125DR Lohmen Church pulpit altar with organ.jpg
 II / P 18th
after 1789 Doberlug-Kirchhain Dobrilugk Monastery II / P 14th
1789-1793 Höckendorf Parish church
Organ hdorf I.jpg
 II / P 23 based on a design by Adam Gottfried Oehme
1790 Olbernhau City Church
Olbernhau, city church, the organ.JPG
 II / P 20th 3. Organ in the town church
1794-1797 Glassworks St. Wolfgang Church
St Wolfgang Glashütte 8.jpg
 II / P 18th
1800 Lichtenberg Parish church II / P 20th
1803 Dorfchemnitz Parish church II / P 19th
1805 Röhrsdorf (Klipphausen) Parish church Moved to Blumenthal in 1890 by Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller
1806 Tharandt Mountain church
OrganAltarBergkirche.jpg
 2nd organ from 1806 (prospectus received from Johann Christian Kayser)
3rd organ from 1969 ( Wilhelm Rühle )
1814 Lommatzsch City Church of St. Wenceslas II / P 27 completed by his sons

literature

  • Ulrich Dähnert:  Kayser, Johann Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 383 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Kayser (Johann Christian) in: Johann Georg Meusel : Teutsches Künstlerlexikon or directory of the now living Teutsche Künstler . 2nd revised edition, 1st volume. Meyersche Buchhandlung, Lemgo 1808, p. 449 f . ( Digitized in the Google book search).
  • Kayser, 2) Johann Christian , in: Encylopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst . 4th volume. Franz Heinrich Köhler, Stuttgart 1841, p. [60–] 61 ( digitized version in Google book search).

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personal data
SURNAME Kayser, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohorn
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1813
Place of death Dresden