Johann Jakob Späth
Johann Jakob Späth (* 1672 in Regensburg ; † January 4, 1760 there ) was a German organ builder .
life and work
Johann Jakob Späth was born in Regensburg in 1672 and has appeared several times as an organ builder in Regensburg's Protestant churches. He was also active in organ repairs in the Regensburg Poeticum grammar school , in 1732 in the Dreieinigkeitskirche , in 1738 in St. Oswald and in 1740 in the Neupfarrkirche . His proposal for a new organ in the Neupfarrkirche was realized. There he built an organ with 22 registers; this was played for the first time on Midsummer Day 1727. Johann Jakob Späth was the father of Franz Jakob Späth (1714–1786), who became famous as an organ builder and above all as a piano maker.
literature
- Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 395 .
- August Scharnagl: Späth In: Music in the past and present , personal section, vol. 12. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1965, ISBN 3-7618-5913-9 , columns 969–970.
Web links
- Johann Jakob Späth in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Späth, Johann Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Späth, Jakob; Späth, Johann Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1672 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1760 |
| Place of death | regensburg |