Johann Christoph Hüsemann
Johann Christoph Hüsemann (* 1702 in Eutin , † February 20, 1774 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German organ builder of the high and late baroque and around the middle of the 18th century court and country organ builder in Wolfenbüttel.
life and work
His father was the Eutinian carpenter Hans Jakob Hüsemann. On June 21, 1742 Johann Christoph Hüsemann married Anna Margaretha Langeschwad, daughter of the citizen Johann Heinrich Langeschwad from Wolfenbüttel. On July 27, 1743, their son Johann Ferdinand Hüsemann († September 29, 1812) was born, who also became an organ builder and probably worked in his father's workshop until his father's death in 1774. In the third generation, his son Johann Friedrich Ernst Hüsemann (born September 14, 1745, † after 1823) continued the craft of his grandfather and father.
List of works
The list includes newly built or rebuilt organs. There are also numerous organ repairs.
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1730 | Braunschweig | Bartholomew Chapel | I. | 10 | New building | |
before 1749 | Küblingen | St. Mary | I. | 10 | New building | |
before 1750 | Gittelde | Johanniskirche | I. | 6th | New construction of a positive | |
1747-1750 | Helmstedt | St. Stephen's Church | III / P | 35 | Extension by two pedal towers; Housing received | |
around 1750 | Schöppenstedt | St. Stephen | II / P | 23 | New building | |
1753 | Greene | St. Martini | I / P | approx. 13 | Installation of slider drawers instead of spring drawers, addition of a separate pedal; Received in a modified form | |
1763 | Königslutter am Elm | Imperial Cathedral | New building | |||
1765 | Celle | City Church | I. | 4th | New building | |
Wolfenbüttel | Marienkirche | III / P | at 40 | Reconstruction of the organ by Gottfried Fritzsche (1619–1623); Reconstruction of the Rückpositiv into an upper work, extension of the pedal, prospectus moved forward, new windchest, rescheduling; Reconstructed prospectus and 6 Fritzsche registers preserved | ||
1766-1769 | Denstorf | St. John's Church | New building | |||
1767-1769 | Steterburg | Collegiate church | New building | |||
1771 | Eschershausen | St. Martin | II / P | 19th | New building | |
before 1774 | Braunschweig | St. Martini | III / P | 30th | Extension by a breastwork with 6 registers; Prospectus received |
literature
- Wolfgang Cheap: The collegiate church in Steterburg. Self-published by the Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein , Braunschweig 1982.
- Uwe Pape : The organs of the city of Celle. Pape, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-921140-55-2 .
- Uwe Pape, Jochen Weihmann (images): organs and organ builders in Braunschweig. Pape, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-921140-99-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Friederich Thöne: Spirit and splendor of an old residence. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1963, p. 266.
- ^ Wolfgang Billig: The collegiate church in Steterburg. P. 193.
- ↑ Uwe Pape: The organs of the city of Celle. 2000, p. 221.
- ↑ Uwe Pape: The organs of the city of Celle. 2000, p. 147.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hüsemann, Johann Christoph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1702 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eutin |
DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1774 |
Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |