Johann Christoph Thielemann

Thielemann organ in St. Magdalena in Grabsleben

Johann Christoph Thielemann (born March 9, 1682 in Wiegmar ( Wechmar ?), † August 4, 1755 ) was an organ builder from Arnstadt in Thuringia .

life and work

Johann Christoph Thielemann learned organ building from Christoph Donati the Elder and in 1735 obtained the Gotha court organ maker privilege. His students included Johann Stephan Schmaltz , Carl Christian Hoffmann and Johann Bätz .

Only the organs in Grabsleben, Tenneberg and Wölfis have survived in parts, although the restored Gräfenhain organ is the only original instrument that can still be played. In 1754, Thielemann asked for support because of his "current great poverty". Compared to the ducal chamber, Carl Christian Hoffmann, who had been working for him since 1746, promised to “provide the old court organ maker Thielemann free of charge for the rest of his life”. A place of death is not documented.

List of works

His works can be traced in the following churches.

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for a separate pedal.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1710	Boilstädt	To the gate of heaven		I.	5	with Zimbelstern . The organ is no longer there; it was replaced in 1850 by a new building by Friedrich Knauf with 10 registers.
1711	Pfullendorf	St. Boniface		I.	7th	based on a principal 2 ′ in the prospectus
1716	Illeben	St. Trinity		II	12	The organ is no longer there; Gustav Koch replaced it with a new one in 1856 .
1717	Castle donna	Christ Church		II / P	18th	Destroyed when the church collapsed in 1973.
1721	Molsdorf	Trinity Church		II	20th	4 ′ in the prospectus. The organ builder Helfenbein from Gotha rebuilt the organ in 1934.
1721	Tenneberg Castle	Castle chapel		I / P
1723	Ichtershausen	St. George and Mary		II / P		As of September 2007: The organ is under reconstruction.
1728	Koelleda	City Church of St. Wipertus				Organ received
1730	Großneuhausen	St. George		II / P	22nd	1865 New building by Friedrich Gerhardt, only the housing preserved
1728-1731	Graefenhain	Trinity Church		II / P	17th	with bell and cymbal star; today II / P / 21. Was restored from 1993 to 1996.
1737-1738	Wolfis	St. Crucis		II / P	17th	Disposition like in Graefenhain was completed by Schmaltz. Replaced in 1819 by Georg Franz Ratzmann with a new building; today II / P / 28.
1738-1739	Grave life	St. Magdalena		II / P	21st	partially preserved
1742	Frankenhain	St. Leonhard				Supplement with an independent pedal
1750	Rehestädt	St. Gangolf				last work, completed by Schmaltz

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 416.

Web links

• Website of the Friends of the Thielemann Organ in Graefenhain

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fischer, Wohnhaas: Lexicon of south German organ builders. 1994, p. 416.
2. ^ Website of Orgelbau Wolf