Johann Ehrlich

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Johann Evangelista Ehrlich (born November 10, 1819 in Wiesent , † February 19, 1860 in Landshut ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Johann Ehrlich, a member of the extensive family of organ builders Ehrlich, was born as the son of Georg Adam Ehrlich the Elder. Ä. (* December 30, 1777 in Lauingen ; † December 30, 1848 in Passau ). His older brother was Anton Ehrlich . When his father's company moved to Passau, he learned the trade of organ building from his father. In 1843 he took over the company of the childless organ builder Joseph Schweinacher in Landshut. There he married the pharmacist's daughter Walburga Hofbauer (born 1824) on April 22, 1845 in St. Martin's Church . The couple lived at 374 Herrengasse. His wife died early. Although Johann Ehrlich also died at the age of 40, he was able to build numerous organs with mechanical action in Lower Bavaria , Upper Bavaria and in the southern Upper Palatinate , of which a relatively large number of instruments are still preserved. He usually built the prospectuses with three-part flat fields, with the middle one being elevated. In addition to some neo-Gothic structures, the post-classical variants are more typical of Ehrlich's style. The sound of the instruments is brilliantly contemporary, the registers are characterized by distinctive characteristics. Martin Hechenberger also influenced his work . After his death, Franz Strauss and his relative Johann Rödl Ehrlich applied for his company. Franz Strauss took over the workshop, but Johann Rödl Ehrlich also received a license in Landshut as an organ builder in Landshut.

List of works (excerpt)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1845	Seyboldsdorf	St. Johann		I / P	6th	not received
1849	Landshut	Holy Spirit Church		II / P	18th
1852	Paring	Paring Monastery		I / P	10	receive
1853	Niederaichbach			I / P	8th	received, originally for Reichersdorf
1854	Niederviehbach			II / P	11	get extended to auxiliaries
1855	Biburg	Maria Immaculate		I / P	9
1855	Gisseltshausen	Ortisei		I / P	7th	Sold to Helchenbach in the 1950s, restored by Hermann Kloss in 1970 , preserved in the St. Florian branch church there → organ
1855	Lindkirchen	Candlemas		I / P	9	receive
1856	Traunstein	St. Oswald		II / P	24
1857	Landshut	Seligenthal Monastery		II / P	12
1858	Wendelskirchen			II / P	18th
1860	Rudelzhausen			I / P	9

literature

• Georg Brenninger : Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .

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

• Eberhard Kraus: Historic organs in the Upper Palatinate. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .

Web links

• Johann Ehrlich in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OKB / Heike Nasritdinova:  Honestly, Johann Rödl . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)