Johann Gottlob Mende

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Johann Gottlob Mende (born August 3, 1787 in Siebenlehn , † August 14, 1850 in Leipzig ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Mende first made an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Siebenlehn. He learned organ building from Karl Albrecht von Knoblauch in Halle (Saale) and founded his own workshop in Leipzig in 1820. Here he worked from 1821 to 1848 as the last university organ builder.

Mende stood entirely in the tradition of Gottfried Silbermann and created organs in the style of early romanticism. He is considered one of the most important Saxon organ builders in the first half of the 19th century. One of his students was Julius Strobel . Friedrich Ladegast and Conrad Geißler deepened themselves during their traveling years at Mende. Seven of the 23 Mende organs in Saxony have survived.

Works

The Roman number indicates the number of manuals, a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal and the Arabic number in the penultimate column indicates the number of sounding registers. Italics indicate that the work in question has not been preserved or that only the prospectus has been preserved.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1820 Schoenefeld (Leipzig) Schönefeld Memorial Church II / P 20th Replaced in 1898 by Richard Kreutzbach
1822 Holzhausen (Leipzig) Village church I / P 13 including registers from the previous organ (1786); receive
1825 Probstheida Immanuel Church Replaced in 1927 by Alfred Schmeisser including a few pipes
1825 Aspen grove Village church not received
1828 Malkwitz (Wermsdorf) Village church I / P 9 receive
1830 True Mercy Church Replaced by Jehmlich in 1900
1832 Leutzsch St. Laurence Replaced by Jehmlich in 1900
1834 Plauen Luther Church Replaced by Jehmlich in 1926 ; Prospectus received
1841 or 1843-1844 Podelwitz (Rackwitz) Village church II / P 22nd 1888–1903 and 1912 rearrangements; receive
1842 Güldengossa Güldengossa Church not received
1843-1844 Leipzig Pauline Church III / P 56 rebuilt several times, including by Ladegast , destroyed in 1968 when the church was blown up
1843-1844 Belgians City Church of St. Bartholomew 20090410730DR Belgern (Belgern-Schildau) St Bartholomäus Church.jpg II / P 24 largely preserved
1842-1845 Freiberg Nikolaikirche KDFG 09200735 At the Nikolaikirche 3 LvT 9.JPG II / P 30th 1888 reconstruction by Jehmlich ; 1976 sold to the Nikolaikirche (Wismar) ; Prospectus received in Freiberg
1845 Leipzig School at the Georgenkirche not received
1845 Chemnitz-Wittgensdorf Village church Replaced in 1921 by Jehmlich including some Mende registers; received five registers
1846 Connewitz Paul Gerhardt Church Replaced in 1900 by Friedrich Ladegast
1847 Leipzig Matthäikirche as a replacement for the organ by Christoph Donat (1704); not received
1849 Chemnitz-Adelsberg - Oberhermersdorf church I / P 11 receive; currently outsourced due to church renovation
1849-1850 Kamenz St. Annen Monastery Church Kamenz Monastery Church St Annen AB2013 25.JPG II / P 26th receive
1851 Bad Liebenwerda St. Nikolai Replaced by Wilhelm Rühlmann in 1922 ; Housing received

literature

  • Frank-Harald Greß : The organ landscape of Saxony. In: Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (ed.): Silbermann. History and legend of an organ building family . 2006, p. 81 f.
  • Jiří Kocourek: Johann Gottlob Mende - life and work, Mende organ in St. Nikolai zu Wismar. The restoration of the Mende organ from 1845. Winter printing, Wismar 1995.
  • Uwe Pape , Wolfram Hackel (ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders, Volume 2: Saxony and Bypassing . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5 .
  • Christoph Wolff , Markus Zepf: The organs of JS Bach. A manual . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02407-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Organ in Podelwitz , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Greß: The organ landscape of Saxony. 2006, p. 81.
  3. ↑ a b Organ in Kamenz , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Felix Friedrich, Vitus Froesch: Organs in Saxony - A Guide (=  257. publication of the Society of Organ Friends ). Kamprad, Altenburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-930550-89-0 , p. 20 .
  5. ↑ a b Organ in Adelsberg , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Organ in Holzhausen , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Organ in Wismar , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  8. ^ Organ in Wittgensdorf , accessed on April 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ Wolff, Zepf: The organs of JS Bach. 2006, p. 73.
  10. ^ Organ in Bad Liebenwerda , accessed on April 17, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Mende, Johann Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Siebenlehn
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1850
Place of death Leipzig