Johann Ernst Hähnel
Johann Ernst Hähnel (born April 17, 1697 in Leubsdorf , † probably January 12, 1777 in Wermsdorf ) was a German organ builder who worked in Saxony in the 18th century .
life and work
Johann Ernst Hähnel was born the son of the schoolmaster and organist Abraham Hähnel and his wife Anna Rosina and was baptized on April 20, 1697. It is not known where he learned organ building. In Saxony he is referred to several times as a "foreigner". On July 4, 1718, he married Johanna Catharina, the daughter of the Dresden court organ builder Andreas Tamitius , in the Marienkirche in Pirna . Hähnel worked for more than a year (1719/1720) in the organ building workshop of his brother-in-law, Johann Gottfried Tamitius . The couple had their daughter Sophia Juliana on August 31, 1721.
Hähnel worked independently in Meißen around 1725 and in Hubertusburg from around 1756 . In 1741 he was named “Königl. Polish and electoral prince Saxon court and country organ builder ”appointed. In his second marriage, Hähnel was married to the considerably younger Juliane Dorothea Wintzler (born April 23, 1729), who brought her illegitimate daughter Christiane Juliane Wintzler into the marriage. The marriage took place on April 3, 1755 in Kaditz. It is believed that it is Hahnel's biological daughter. Hähnel stayed in Kaditz in 1751/1752 because he was building an organ there. In addition, the daughter, who married Hähnel's pupil Johann Georg Friedlieb Zöllner in Wermsdorf on November 1, 1778 , was referred to as Hähnel's legitimate daughter.
By 1765, Hähnel had built almost 50 new organs. The three-part, sometimes five-part prospectus in the forms of the Rococo is characteristic . Two pipe fields nestle against the raised and wide middle section, which often end in volutes . In addition to organs, Hähnel also built pianos. His construction of a “Cymbal royal” led from 1730 to 1734 to a legal dispute with Gottfried Silbermann . Since the instrument resembled the “Cimbal d'amour” invented by Silbermann around 1720, he thought it was a replica. The interior musical work of a porcelain carillon , which Johann Joachim KÄNDER made in 1736/1737, comes from Hähnel .
Despite its high-quality organ buildings, its title and its importance for the organ landscape of Saxony , Hähnel lived in poor conditions all his life. His group of students worked in northern Saxony and beyond. His students include Johann Ephraim Hübner (1713–1781), Ferdinand Weber (1715–1784), Johann Dietrich (1716–1758), Johann Gottfriedträger, Johann Friedrich Ludewig († before 1769) and Johann Daniel Ranft (1727–1804) . Adam Gottfried Oehme and David Schubert were Hahnel's journeymen. Hähnel was buried on January 14, 1777 at the age of 80 in Wermsdorf. After his death in 1777, Johann Georg Friedlieb Zöllner took over the workshop in the hunting lodge.
List of works (selection)
In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal , a lower-case "p" indicates a pedal that is only attached. The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers . The last column provides information on the state of preservation and links with further information. Italic writing indicates that the organ is no longer preserved or only the historical case.
year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1719 | Bad Schandau | St. John's Church | II / P | 27 | Collaboration in Tamitius' new organ; not received | |
1723-1724 | Middle Aida | Village church | I / P | 12 | New building; largely preserved | |
1724-1725 | Steinbach ( Bad Lausick ) | Village church | II / P | 14th | New building; largely preserved | |
1725 | Moritzburg | Moritzburg Castle | not received | |||
1730 | Ottendorf-Okrilla | Ev. church | Burned after a lightning strike in 1873 | |||
1734-1735 | Meissen | St. Afra | not received | |||
1737 | Brockwitz (Coswig) | Brockwitz Church | II / P | 18th | New building; Replaced in 1906, housing received in modified form | |
1737 | Muhlberg | Neustadt Church | I / P | 11 | New building; not received | |
1738 | Friedrichstadt (Dresden) | Matthew Church | II / P | 27 | Modification; Replaced in 1861 | |
1738-1739 | Röhrsdorf | St. Bartholomew | New building; not received | |||
1740 | Deutschebora | Village church | New building | |||
1740 | Struppen | Village church | I / P | 12 | Modification; 1896 reconstruction and 1927 extension by a second manual by Gebr. Jehmlich ; largely preserved | |
1742-1743 | Bear stone | City Church | II / P | 22nd | New building; received some registers | |
1742-1743 | Break | Village church | I. | 8th | originally probably for Bärenstein Castle , implemented several times | |
1743 | Zehista | Castle Church | I. | 8th | New building; 1953 new pipework, only case, wind chest and keyboard preserved | |
1744 | Naundorf (Saxony) | St. Catherine's | New building | |||
1745 | Leuben (Oschatz) | church | New building | |||
1744-1746 | Oschatz | St. Aegidien Church | II / P | 31 | New building; not received | |
1748-1749 | Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) | Marienkirche | New building; not received | |||
1750 | Etzoldshain ( Bad Lausick ) | Ev. church | I / P | 9 | Canceled in 1917 | |
1750 | Wickershain ( Geithain ) | St. Mary | ||||
1751-1753 | Dresden - Kaditz | Emmaus Church (Dresden) | II / P | 25th | not received | |
1754-1755 | Pausitz | Village church | New building; Housing received | |||
1756 | Schrebitz | Wenceslas Church | New building; Prospectus received | |||
1756 | Staucha | St. Johannis | New building; not received | |||
1756 | Hohenwussen ( Naundorf ) | Ev. church | I / P | 11 | not received | |
1770 | Flour turret | church | New building; not received | |||
1770-1771 | Krippehna | St. Lukas (Krippehna) - there also disposition of the organ | I / P | 14th | Expanded to II / P / 16 in 1869; 2015–2018 restoration to the state of 1771 (I / P / 14), Kristian Wegscheider organ workshop, Dresden | |
1773 | Luppa | Ev. church | New building; not received | |||
1774 | Mautitz | Village church | New building; not received | |||
1775 | Tragnitz | St. Pancras | New building; not received | |||
around 1775 | Merkwitz | Village church | New building; not received |
literature
- Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony. An organ inventory . VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Frankfurt 1980, ISBN 3-920112-76-8 .
- Ulrich Eichler: New findings on the organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel . In: Ars Organi . Vol. 64, Issue 3, 2016, pp. 133-136 (PDF file; 535 kB).
- Ulrich Eichler: The Saxon organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel (1697–1777). Sax-Verlag, Markkleeberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86729-213-9 .
- 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 .
- Uwe Pape , Wolfram Hackel (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 2: Saxony and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5 .
- Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 .
Web links
- Ulrich Eichler: Hähnel, Johann Ernst . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eichler: New findings on the organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel . 2016, p. 1 (PDF file; 535 kB).
- ^ Pape, Hackel (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 2: Saxony and the surrounding area. 2012, p. 129.
- ↑ a b c Eichler: New findings on the organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel . 2016, p. 2 (PDF file; 535 kB).
- ↑ Greß: Gottfried Silbermann's organs . 2012, pp. 24, 31.
- ↑ Greß: Gottfried Silbermann's organs . 2012, p. 12.
- ^ Eichler: The Saxon organ builder Johann Ernst Hähnel. 2018, p. 17.
- ↑ Hubertusburg Castle - 1770 on wermsdorf.de, accessed on 17 April 2018th
- ^ A b Ulrich Dähnert: Historical organs in Saxony . The musical instrument, Frankfurt / Main / Leipzig 1980, p. 223 .
- ^ Organ in Krippehna , accessed on September 2, 2018.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hahnel, Johann Ernst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in Saxony |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1697 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leubsdorf (Saxony) |
DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: January 12, 1777 |
Place of death | Wermsdorf |