Johann Ignaz Egedacher

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Johann Ignatius Egedacher (born December 19, 1675 in Salzburg , † June 20, 1744 in Passau ) was a southern German organ builder .

Life

As the son of Christoph Egedacher, he was an important member of the organ building dynasty of the Egedacher , who, together with the Butz and Freundt families, are considered to be the most important representatives of the Passau organ building school and thus of southern Germany and Austria.

Johann Ignaz Egedacher married Maria Franziska Freundt on October 21, 1709 in the Paulskirche Passau and together with his brother Johann Georg Egedacher took over the organ building workshop of Leopold Freundt († 1727). Its importance is shown by commissions in many important churches ( Passau Cathedral , Zwettl Collegiate Church, St. Pölten Cathedral ).

Since many instruments from this period were lost or heavily rebuilt, their original conception and sound quality can hardly be restored.

The organ in Zwettl Abbey in Lower Austria's Waldviertel and the Vornbacher organ in Lower Bavaria are among his most important works that have been preserved and restored . Reliable is its involvement in the reconstruction of the Great Organ of the Norbertine abbey Schlägl in Upper Austria, his brother Johann Christoph Egedacher conducted 1708th

The Egedacher family had close contact with the Strasbourg organ builder Andreas Silbermann , with whom there was a lively exchange of ideas.

Works

The list includes some of his proven new builds.

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for a separate pedal.

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1715 Kallham Parish Church of Kallham Kallham - Assumption of Mary - Orgelempore.jpg I / P 9 preserved, restored by Orgelbau Kuhn in 2010
1722 St. Polten Dom St. Pölten Cathedral organ 01.JPG III / P (?) ? Only the prospectus has been preserved. → St. Pölten Cathedral Organ
1723 Aurolzmünster Parish church Aurolzmünster
around 1728 Neufelden Parish church Neufelden - church interior 3.jpg I / P 8th The parapet organ , stylistically similar to a swallow's nest organ protruding from the parapet, was misappropriated shortly before 1930. In 1997, Bernhardt Edskes reconstructed the instrument using historical photographs.
1731 Zwettl pen Organ-pen-zwettl001.jpg III / P 35 The organ's prospectus comes from Joseph Matthias Götz . → Organs of Zwettl Abbey
1732 Vornbach monastery Organ 033.jpg II / P 20th preserved, restored by Orgelbau Kuhn in 2009 , → organ
1741 Wilhering pen Wilhering Stiftskirche Wilhering Inside Organ 2.JPG II / P 26th Replaced in 1884 by Leopold Breinbauer with a new instrument using some pipe stocks, restored by Orgelbau Kuhn in 2017/18 , → [4]

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Ignaz Egedacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ Archives of the Archdiocese of Salzburg, Salzburg Cathedral Parish, baptismal register TFBVI 1673–1686. See: [1] , picture number 02-Taufe_0189, accessed on March 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Archives of the Diocese of Passau, Passau St. Paul, deaths 1688–1750. See: [2] , picture number 016-02_0628, accessed on March 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Archives of the Diocese of Passau, Passau St. Paul, marriage book 1662–1750. See: [3] , image number 010_0363, accessed on March 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Rupert Gottfried Frieberger: Organs in Schlägl Abbey and its incorporated parishes . Steinbach an der Steyr 2009, p. 37. issuu.com
personal data
SURNAME Egedacher, Johann Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egedacher, Johann Ignatius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1744
Place of death Passau