Johann Daniel Silbermann

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Johann Daniel Silbermann (also Jean-Daniel Silbermann ) (born May 31, 1717 in Strasbourg ; † May 9, 1766 in Dresden ) was an Alsatian musical instrument maker who came from the Saxon-Alsatian organ building family Silbermann .

Life

Johann Daniel Silbermann grew up as one of twelve children of Andreas Silbermann and Anna Marie Schmid in Strasbourg. Like his two brothers Johann Andreas Silbermann and Johann Heinrich Silbermann, he chose his father's profession of making musical instruments. After he was trained as an organ builder by his father , he worked together with his brother Johann Andreas in Strasbourg before he started working in the organ building workshop of his uncle Gottfried Silbermann in Freiberg , Saxony, from 1752 . He was already seriously ill in 1749 and appointed his nephew as a universal heir in his will, as he was single and childless himself. On his death in 1753, Johann Daniel received his estate of 10,307 thalers .

Organ in the Hofkirche Dresden

On October 27, 1753, by order of Prime Minister Heinrich von Brühl , Johann Daniel Silbermannam became his uncle's successor in contract for the construction of the large organ in the Catholic Court Church in Dresden and settled in the city. It is not known what part he had in the new Dresden building and how the division was between him and Hildebrandt. It is assumed that Silbermann only had financial responsibility and did not participate in the construction himself.

As a result, he mainly made pianofortes in the mechanics of his uncle. In 1764 he was awarded the title of court organ builder by the Elector of Saxony August II , with a fixed salary of 400 thalers. Johann Daniel Silbermann died on May 6, 1766 while visiting his relatives in Leipzig.

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Organ from 1750 in the church of St-Maurice in Soultz-Haut-Rhin

In Strasbourg he was active as an organist at Temple Neuf and also composed . The Berlin State Library owns the manuscript of a piano piece from 1757 with the title Le Moulinet . He also built mechanical musical instruments on the side. He created several pianos and organs, including barrel organs . His works include:

  • 1745: Organ in the Protestant church in Wasselonne , together with his brother Johann Andreas Silbermann.
  • around 1749–1752: organ in the Frankenstein village church , which he completed after the death of his uncle,
  • 1750: Organ in the church of St-Maurice in Soultz-Haut-Rhin , also together with his brother Johann Andreas Silbermann,
  • 1755: Organ in the Catholic Court Church in Dresden, which he completed together with his uncle's colleagues after his uncle's death,
  • 1758: barrel organ

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank-Harald Greß : The organs of Gottfried Silbermann (= publications of the Society of Organ Friends 177). 3. Edition. Sandstein, Dresden 2007, ISBN 978-3-930382-50-7 , p. 124.
  2. ^ Markus Zimmermann:  Silbermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , pp. 408-410 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ a b Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching : Historical and literary manual of famous and memorable people who died in the 18th century, Volume 12. Leipzig 1809, p. 128 ( limited preview in the Google book search; accessed on July 3, 2017).
  4. ^ Marc Schaeffer:  Silbermann, Johann Daniel. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 15 (Schoof - Stranz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1135-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  5. ^ A gifted family of organ builders. In: Badische Zeitung of December 21, 2013. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Professorship of Media Aesthetics at the University of Siegen: 9.1.3 Barrel Organ (Johann Daniel Silbermann 1758) . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Silbermann, Johann Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silbermann, Jean-Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Alsatian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1766
Place of death Dresden