Johann Dietrich

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Johann Dietrich (* 1716 ; † 1758 ) was a German organ builder and mechanic who had his organ workshop in Merseburg in the middle of the 18th century .

Life

Johann Dietrich learned organ building from Johann Ernst Hähnel . When he was supposed to build a Rückpositiv instead of the rear work in Merseburg in 1742, Zacharias Hildebrandt was asked for an expert opinion on Dietrich's disposition draft.

In the run-up to the organ building in Gollma (1743), the Gollmaer pastor Dietrich defended voices who wanted to discredit him as a “carpenter”: “It is anden that someone from Merseburg, he is now a carpenter, or a Organ builder, who learned ex professo what he claims to be, reported to the building of the Gollmische church organ ... “Dietrich received the order and confirmed a deposit after six days. When the organ was accepted, it was found that more stops than agreed were made of wood instead of tin.

On August 15, 1753, Dietrich complained to the Merseburg Consistory that, because of the “maliciously” criticism of the organ in Oberbeuna, “all of the organ buildings that occurred in the local monastery were left to foreign organ builders, at a high cost from the churches, but to me, as I did At present here, I have to pay taxes and gifts from my profession, and can hardly subsist for the length of time with wife and children, to withdraw ”. The consistory then released Dietrich to have his organs in Oberbeuna and Ermlitz inspected by experts at his own expense and to have their reports submitted to the office, which, however, did not take place.

His son JC Dietrich was pastor in the Schkeitbar church from 1775 and in 1788 he had a decisive influence on the planning of the new organ by Johann Gottfried Krug .

Proven works

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
Ermlitz church
1742 Merseburg St. Maximi Stop to rebuild the organ
1743 Gollma church
1745 Small basket church Was replaced in 1800 by a Trampeli organ .
1746-1747 Oberbeuna church In 1751 the pastor stated that "the disposition was bad, and the whole of Werck did not turn out well".
1751 Kreypau church Stop for building an organ. Due to the poor assessment of the organ in Oberbeuna, Dietrich was not awarded the contract to build it.
1756-1757 Delitz am Berge church

literature

  • Wilfried Stüven: Organ and organ builder in the Halle region before 1800. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1964.
  • Felix Friedrich : Hildebrandt. In: Ludwig Finscher, Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Part 2, Vol. 8. 2nd edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2002, Sp. 1528–1533.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Eichler: The Saxon organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel (1697–1777). Sax-Verlag, Markkleeberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86729-213-9 , p. 17 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Ulrich Dähnert: The organ and instrument maker Zacharias Hildebrandt. His relationship with Gottfried Silbermann and Johann Sebastian Bach. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1962, p. 85.
  3. ^ Felix Friedrich: Hildebrandt. In: Ludwig Finscher, Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Part 2, Vol. 8. 2nd edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2002, Sp. 1531.
  4. ↑ Stüven: Organ and organ builder in the Halle region before 1800. 1964, p. 97.
  5. ^ Stüven: Organ and organ builder in the Halle region before 1800. 1964, p. 99.
  6. ^ Quotation from the contemporary organ building file of Oberbeuna at the consistory in Leipzig.
personal data
SURNAME Dietrich, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1716
DATE OF DEATH 1758