Johann Christoph Ungefug
Johann Christoph Ungefug (born March 31, 1728 in Königsberg , Kingdom of Prussia , † February 11, 1775 in Lyck , Kingdom of Prussia) was a German organ builder in Prussian Lithuania .
Life
Johann Christoph Ungefug was born in Königsberg at the end of March 1728 as the son of the joiner Johann Ungefug. In 1740 he was mentioned as Jan Ungefugt in Wilna (Vilnius). From 1742 to 1750 he worked there for Gerhard Arend cell . In 1750 Ungefug received a Polish privilege as an organ builder.
In 1760 his place of residence was Maleczewen , where Matthäus Krajewsky had already worked as an organ builder eight years earlier. From 1762 Daniel Wroblewsky worked with him as an apprentice for seven years. In 1763 Johann Ungefug received an organ builder privilege for the area of Natangen in Prussian Lithuania . In 1765 he was listed in the citizens' list of the town of Lyck. The last organ buildings are known from 1774.
Johann Christoph Ungefug died in February 1775 a few weeks before the completion of his 47th year in Lyck from a "breast disease". Due to his activity as an organ builder, no costs were charged for his funeral.
List of works (selection)
14 new organs by Johann Christoph Ungefug are known; repairs were probably also carried out. Dispositions are not handed down, only a few register numbers. The works were mostly positive ones without a pedal , only one was known in Elk (Ełk).
The organ in Mikołajki (Nikolaiken) and the organ prospectuses in Grabnik (Grabnick) and Stare Juchy (Neu Jucha) have been preserved. In both cases, the central tower is lower than the two side towers, which is unusual for Prussia.
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1760 | Borczymmen | church | ||||
| 1763 | Grabnick (Grabnik) | Ev. Church (today Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa) | Organ prospectus received, 1927 new building by Goebel (II / 13) | |||
| 1764/65 | Bialla (Biała Piska) | Ev. Church , today St. Andreas Bobola Church | I. | 12 | without pedal | |
| 1765 | Benkheim (Banie Mazurskie) | Ev. church | I. | 9 | ||
| 1768-1769 | Nikolaiken (Mikołajki) | Ev. church |
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II / P | 19th | preserved, 1998 general restoration by Zych |
| 1772 | New Jucha (Stare Juchy) | Ev. Church , today the Holy Trinity Church | I. | 9 | Organ prospectus preserved, 1922 new building by Goebel (II / 14), 1993 new console and removal of the eagle on the central tower | |
| 1773 | Muschaken (Muszaki) | church | Church burned down in 1885, organ not preserved | |||
| 1773 | Elk (Ełk) | church | ? / P | larger organ with pedal, not preserved | ||
| 1774 | Jedwabno 1938–1945: Gedwangen | St. Joseph Church | ||||
| 1774 | Rydzewen 1938–1945: Schwarzberge (Rydzewo) | church | last known organ building |
literature
- Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1984. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-941224-04-9 , pp. 144–151 ( table of contents online ).
Web links
- Johann Christoph Ungefug on vargonai.com (Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b dates of birth and death taken from church book entries; Originals viewed on ancestry.de on February 24, 2019.
- ↑ Rimantas Gučas : Lietuvos vargonai: katalogas [Lithuanian organs. Catalog] . Vilnius 2009. p. 37.
- ↑ Possibly for Polish Prussia with Warmia or Wilna?
- ↑ Mikołajki, Kościół ewangelicko-augsburski Świętej Trójcy MusicamSacram, organ with disposition (Polish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nonsense, Johann Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ungefug, Johann Christoff; Unfugged, Jan (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in Lithuanian Prussia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1728 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1775 |
| Place of death | Elk |