Johann Michael Hesse
Johann Michael Hesse (born April 13, 1734 in Molschleben , † September 26, 1810 in probably Dachwig ) was a German organ builder. He is the founder of a widely ramified Thuringian family of organ builders from Dachwig, who made organs for four generations from around 1760 to 1865.
Life and descendants
Johann Michael Hesse learned the trade of organ building from his grandfather Johann Heinrich Schulze in Nottleben from 1747–1751 and also did an apprenticeship with the Mechanikus Fischer in Erfurt from 1752–1755. In 1754 he founded and ran his workshop in Dachwig near Erfurt . From 1760 there were several organ building workshops there, including that of Johann Georg Kummer .
Hesse himself built over twelve small and medium-sized organs, among others in Eichelborn , Possendorf , Krautheim , Holzhausen , Salomonsborn , Stotternheim , Möbisburg , Haarhausen , Dachwig , Hörselgau , Gispersleben and Schallenburg . The instruments were highly praised by contemporaries. The Goldbach organist Johann Christian Wolfram wrote in 1815: "They are more than masterpieces, they are the perfect artifacts of a genius."
After Hesse's death, his son Ernst Ludwig (1768–1823) took over the company, and after his death, his 16 years younger brother Georg Andreas .
Ernst Siegfried was the nephew of Georg Andreas, who was only five years his junior and who started doing business himself a little later. He was responsible for the construction of the organs in the Erfurt Cathedral , the Peterskirche in Riga , as well as in the village churches of Löser ( Livonia ), Großfahner , Brüheim , Wahlwinkel , Großvargula , Herbsleben , Ermstedt , Rohrberg , Kalteneber , Wenigenehrich , Frienstedt , Mittel Sommern , Saalfeld (Mühlhausen) , Greußen , Eschenberga , Saubach , Korbach and Schwerstedt . Ernst Siegfried's younger brother, who was born in 1806 and was named like the progenitor Johann Michael, also became important.
The last organ builder in the family was Julius Hesse, born in 1830, son of Johann Michael II. After he had taken over the rebuilding of the Wender organ in the Bach Church in Arnstadt , he is said to have fled to Russia in 1865 with the advance payment he received. This thesis is considered refuted.
List of works (selection)
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1760 | Salomonsborn | St. Dionysius | currently dismantled | |||
1767-1776 | Stuttering home | Church of St. Peter and Paul | II / P | 32 | New building in the historical prospectus by EF Walcker & Cie. (1902, II / P22) | |
1786 | Haarhausen | St. Nicholas Church | Destroyed by arson in 1972 | |||
1788 | Holzhausen | Trinity Church | II / P | 19th | Re-consecrated in December 2017 after extensive restoration | |
1790 (approx.) | Possendorf | Village church | ||||
1797-1806 | Gispersleben | St. Kiliani (Gispersleben) | 2 | 27 | in need of renovation, only playable to a limited extent | |
1806 | Hörselgau | St. Boniface | by Ernst Ludwig Hesse | |||
1822 | Seamounts | St. George Church | Largest surviving organ and the last work by Johann Michael Hesse. In good playable condition after the restoration completed in 2004 | |||
1823 | Bruheim | St. Vitus | 2 | 23 | by Ernst Ludwig Hesse; 1,620 pipes | |
1829 | Election angle | St. Gotthard | built by Georg Andreas Hesse (son of Johann Michael Hesse), now restored |
See also
Web links
literature
- AG Ritter: Johann Michael Hesse. In: Urania: Music magazine for organ building, organ and harmonium playing , Erfurt, Jg. 1845, p. 49.
- Notes about the organ builder Ernst Siegfried Hesse. In: Urania: Music magazine for organ building, organ and harmonium playing, year 1846, p. 65.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Christian Wolfram: Instructions for the knowledge, assessment and maintenance of organs: for organ players and all those who are interested in the construction, repair, testing and maintenance of these instruments. Gotha 1815.
- ↑ Gabi Damm in: Stiftung Orgelklang, Hannover 2016 ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Counter- notification in the calendar Hesse-Orgeln in Thuringia 2018, ed. from the Hesse Circle of Friends
- ↑ Website of Orgelbau Waltershausen ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hesse, Johann Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1734 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Molschleben |
DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1810 |
Place of death | unsure: Dachwig |