Johann Friedrich Macrander

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Johann Friedrich Macrander (born November 11, 1661 in Garbenheim , † January 15, 1741 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Johann Friedrich Macrander was 1661 (the son of John and grandson of Arnold Macrander Langemann Graecized = Macrander) born. After the carpenter apprenticeship from 1677–1680 in Gießen with Eberhard Bauerbach, years of traveling in Frankfurt am Main, Mainz, Würzburg and Nuremberg followed. He then followed his brother, the sculptor Johann Philipp Macrander, to Nördlingen, where he learned organ building from Paul Prescher from 1684 to 1688 . In the following two years he built the organs in Wemding and Schwäbisch Gmünd with Prescher. A family history chronicle that Macrander wrote in 1707 provides information about his apprenticeship and traveling years. It goes back to 1599 and was continued by his son and successor Philipp Wilhelm Macrander (1705–1764). After working for the collegia musices in 1690, the first new organ was built in Basel. Organ repairs are suspected in Pruntrut (1693) and in Alsace ( Murbach and Rouffach , 1693–1694). Macrander probably settled back in his hometown of Wetzlar around 1695 and moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1700 . From 1705–1709 he was given the care of the organs in the Frankfurt Protestant churches; however, there was no new organ in Frankfurt.

Macrander married the pastor's daughter Anna Veronica Moos in Miehlen in 1702 . The marriage resulted in Johann Jacob on September 19, 1703, who studied theology in Gießen from 1724 and born Maria Katharina on September 3, 1738. Heintzenberger married. The second son Philipp Wilhelm (* July 10, 1705; † July 5, 1764) learned his father's profession and deepened his knowledge with Christian Müller in Amsterdam, probably with Joachim Richborn in Hamburg and Christian Vater in Hanover. Philipp Wilhelm supported his father from around 1719, but himself only built a new building in the Wilhelmskirche in Nauheim in 1743 (possibly still in 1733 in Schornsheim ). His mother died of puerperal fever on March 31, 1707 . The widower married Johanna Stup [p] lin geb. Hesse, the widow of the cantor and arithmetic master at the Katharinenkirche .

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With the exception of the early work in the Peterskirche Basel , which had a Rückpositiv , Macrander only built around 30 small organs with a manual (CD – c 3 ). The pedal with a small circumference, which is usually set up behind, usually has the two registers Subbass 16 'and Principal 8' and is only rarely attached. His works are stylistically southern German and conservative. At least when he did not have a permanent workshop, Macrander did not always build the highest level of craftsmanship, so that his organs were usually replaced after a few decades. In addition to the prospectuses in Altenstadt (1712, including prospect pipes) and Mommenheim (1731), only the instruments in Springen and Limbach (both from 1710) have been modified. Apart from his early work in Switzerland and Alsace, his rather large sphere of activity extends to Rheinhessen , the Palatinate and southern Hesse up to the Lahn region. In the fully developed principal choir, his organs often have a cymbal in addition to the mixture , but it is not high. Tongue registers are only used occasionally. The brochures are structured in five axes; the round central tower is flanked by two flat fields that lead to the pointed towers. Only in Rödelheim is the shape of the towers reversed. Characteristic for Macrander are the removable facing boards with console-shaped extensions below the pipe fields, which are interrupted by the pilaster strips.

List of works

In the fifth column, the Roman number denotes the number of manuals , a capital "P" denotes an independent pedal , a small "p" denotes an attached pedal and the Arabic number in the penultimate column denotes the number of sounding registers .

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
around 1691 Basel Theodorskirche I / P 9 not safe; Replaced in 1770 by Johann Andreas Silbermann
1692 Basel Peterskirche II / P 17th not safe; already 1711/1712 by Andreas Silbermann replaced
1698 Gottesthal Monastery Monastery church I / p 8th in the course of the abolition of the monastery transferred to Bleidenstadt , where the prospectus has been preserved
1699 Wetzlar Hospital Church I / p 8th not received
1699 Mainz St. Ignaz I / P 11 Filed in 1759
1702-1703 Landau in the Palatinate Collegiate church I / P Replaced in 1772
1703 Diez St. Mary I / P not received
1706 Erbenheim Pauluskirche Replaced in 1790
1705-1707 Partenheim Ev. church I / P 10 Sold to Undenheim in 1781 and replaced in 1901
1706-1707 Annweiler am Trifels Protestant Church I / P 11 1786 supplemented (or replaced), vandalized and sold in 1803, filed in 1844
1707-1708 Bad Bergzabern Market Church I / P Rebuilt in 1754/1755, replaced in 1897
1708 Otterberg Abbey church Replaced in 1931
1708-1710 Wiesbaden Mauritius Church I / P 11 1804 sold to Limbach and built a new pedal factory; get there
1710 Rödelheim St. Cyriac I / P 10 Implemented after jumping in 1872 ; partially preserved there
1710 Egelsbach Protestant church I / p 9 Pedals added later (I / P / 12), replaced in 1792
1712 Altenstadt St. Nikolai Altenstadt Nikolai Organ.jpg I / P 11 1910 New building by Heinrich Bechstein behind a baroque prospect, which was widened by two pipe fields on the outside
1712 Lindheim Ev. church Replaced in 1808
1712-1715 Mannheim St. Sebastian I / P Auctioned in 1876
1716-1720 Weilbach Ev. church I / P 12? Replaced in 1845
between 1717 and 1720 Engelthal Monastery Monastery church I / P 10 The current organ from 1768, which was radically modified, does not go back to Macrander.
1718-1720 Wiesbaden-Biebrich Main church I / P 12 Replaced in 1883 using pipe material from Macrander
1720 Munzenberg Protestant church I / P 10 Replaced in 1897 by the Giengen organ manufacture Gebr. Link ; not received
1726 Ober-Eschbach reformed Church I / P 9 together with his son; Filed in 1910
1729 Dörnigheim Protestant church not received
1726-1731 Mommenheim Protestant church I / P 12? together with his son; Replaced in 1906, prospectus received
around 1731 Oppenheim Katharinenkirche Replaced in 1871
1731 Holzappel Protestant church I / p 8th Sold in 1845 and replaced in 1876 at the latest
1732 Nierstein Martinskirche I / P 11 Replaced in 1896
1734-1737 Nasta Kreuzkapelle I / P 10? Replaced in 1860

It is possible that the organ of the Marienkirche in the monastery Marienschloss in Rockenberg goes back to Macrander.

literature

  • Hans Martin Balz : organs and organ builder in the area of ​​the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. A contribution to the history of organ building (=  studies on Hessian music history . Volume 3 ). Bärenreiter second-hand bookshop, Kassel 1969.
  • Hans Martin Balz: The organ maker Macrander in Frankfurt am Main . In: Roland Behrens and Christoph Grohmann (eds.): Dulce melos Organorum. Festschrift for Alfred Reichling's 70th birthday . Society of Organ Friends, Mettlach 2005, p. 37-64 .
  • Christian Binz: New Finds on Johann Friedrich Macrander. In: Ars Organi . 61, 2013, pp. 121-122.
  • Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 6 ). tape 1 : Mainz and suburbs - Rheinhessen - Worms and suburbs. Schott, Mainz 1967, ISBN 978-3-7957-1306-5 .
  • Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.1 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 .
  • Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 2: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer, Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer, Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 .
  • Baldur Melchior; Mathias Gaschott, Jochen Roth (Ed.): The Frankfurt organ maker Johann Friedrich Macrander and his organ buildings in Hesse and the Palatinate. In: Vestigia. Essays on church and state history between the Rhine and Moselle. Volume 2. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2725-2 , pp. 343-354.
  • Krystian Skoczowski : The organ building family Zinck. A contribution to the research of organ building in the Wetterau and the Kinzig valley in the 18th century. Haag + Herchen, Hanau 2018, ISBN 978-3-89846-824-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Balz: The organ builder Macrander Frankfurt . 2005, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Petersen: Macrander (Family) , accessed on 15 April 2020th
  3. ^ A b Hermann Fischer : Macrander, Johann Friedrich . In: Frankfurter Personenlexikon .
  4. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, p. 434.
  5. ↑ Balz: The organ builder Macrander Frankfurt . 2005, p. 42.
  6. ↑ Balz: The organ builder Macrander Frankfurt ]. 2005, pp. 62-63.
  7. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, pp. 323, 467.
  8. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, p. 289.
  9. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 1, 1975, pp. 377-378.
  10. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, pp. 123-124.
  11. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 1, 1975, p. 124.
  12. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 2, 1975, pp. 863-864.
  13. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 2, 1975, pp. 876-879.
  14. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 1, 1975, p. 320; Part 2, pp. 754-755.
  15. ^ Balz: organs and organ builders in the area of ​​the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. 1969, p. 110.
  16. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 1, 1988, pp. 63-66.
  17. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 1, 1988, pp. 618-619.
  18. ↑ Balz: The organ builder Macrander Frankfurt . 2005, p. 56.
  19. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 2, 1975, pp. 849-850.
  20. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 2, 1988, pp. 650-654.
  21. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, pp. 401-403.
  22. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 2, 1975, pp. 632-634.
  23. ↑ Skoczowski: The organ builder family Zinck. 2018, pp. 45, 290.
personal data
SURNAME Macrander, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marcander, Johann Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Garbenheim
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1741
Place of death Frankfurt am Main