Johann Georg Fux
Johann Georg Fux (* after January 27, 1651 in Tölz ; † January 29, 1738 in Donauwörth ) was a German organ builder .
Life
Fux was born in Tölz in 1651. He learned organ building from Johann König .
He only worked in southern Germany . His most famous work is the largely preserved organ of the Fürstenfeld monastery .
Works
year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1697 | Munich | St. Michael | II / P | 19th | Destroyed in World War II, reconstructed in 1983, see Upper Bavaria organ landscape |
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1704 | Animal heads | St. Peter and Paul | I / P | 10 | (?) Only Prospekt received | |
1724 | Altötting | Collegiate Church of St. Philip and James | II / P | 32 | 2000 new work with five manuals and 78 registers by Thomas Jann | |
1730 | Obermedlingen | Obermedlingen Monastery | II / P | 24 | only received prospectus | |
1736 | Fürstenfeldbruck | St. Mary's Assumption Monastery Church | II / P | 27 | see organs of the monastery church Fürstenfeld |
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Georg Fux in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- ↑ Georg Brenninger : The organs of St. Michael. In: Wagner, Keller (ed.): St. Michael in Munich. 1983, p. 168.
- ↑ a b Important historical organ prospectuses in the Diocese of Augsburg, accessed on November 9, 2014.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fux, Johann Georg |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fuchs, Johann Georg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | after January 27, 1651 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Tölz |
DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1738 |
Place of death | Donauwörth |