Johann Leopold Burkhardt

Johann Leopold Burkhardt (also Leopold Burkhardt ; * 1673 in Bärringen , West Bohemia , † June 23, 1741 in Elbogen , West Bohemia) was a German organ builder in Bohemia .

Life

His father Maurizius Burkhardt was in Bärringen (Pernink) in the service of the margrave of Baden and then moved to Elbogen (Loket). The son Leopold worked there for the organ builder Abraham Starck and later opened his own organ building workshop in Elbogen.

Works (selection)

Leopold Burkhardt built organs mainly in western Bohemia.

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1719	Manetin (Manětín)	Castle Church of John the Baptist		II / P	13	receive
1725	Elbow (Loket)	St. Wenceslas Church		II / P	12	receive
1726	Stroke forest (Horní Slavkov)	Church of St. Anna		I.	6th	1843 extended to I / P, 8
1726-1728	Kladrau (Kladruby)	Monastery Church of the Assumption		II / P	24	receive
1726-1728	Kladrau (Kladruby)	Monastery Church of the Assumption		II / P	13	Choir organ, transferred to the Collegiate Church of All Saints (Castle Chapel, Hradschin / Prague)
1729	Tábor (Tabor)	Dean's Church for the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor		II / P	21st	received: housing
1732	Plan (planá)	Pilgrimage Church of St. Anna		II / P	12	receive

literature

• Vladimir Šlajch: The Elbogen Organ Building School . Sudetendeutsches Musikinstitut, 1992. S. 52f., 63f.

Web links

• Burkart, Leopold organs and organ builders in the Czech Republic, with a changing organ list (up to 11 instruments, Czech)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Organ in Kladruby (English)