Johann Michael Stumm

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Johann Michael Stumm (born April 10, 1683 in Sulzbach ; † April 22, 1747 ) was a German master organ builder in the 18th century .

life and work

Johann Michael Stumm was born on April 10, 1683 as the sixth child of the blacksmith Christian Stumm († 1719) in Sulzbach. According to tradition, he first completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith. After winning a small house organ in a lottery that was in need of repair, Johann Michael Stumm turned to organ building. It is unclear with whom he spent his apprenticeship years as an organ builder and who significantly influenced him. Jacob Irrlacher, Johann Hoffmann, Johann Jakob Dahm and Otto Reinhard Mezenius, for example, come into question, but none of them has yet been proven to be Stumms' teacher. He was first referred to as a master in the contract for the organ in Münstermaifeld in 1722. His work style is heavily influenced by the French school of the time.

His instruments gradually gained an outstanding reputation, first in the Hunsrück, then in the Rhineland and finally far beyond. Twenty organs from him have been wholly or partially preserved.

His last organ, which Johann Michael Stumm built as a gift to his home parish, was restored in an exemplary manner in 1981. A silent organ association in Sulzbach cherishes the memory of the great master.

Johann Michael Stumm married Eulalia Gertraude Laux in Sulzbach in 1706, where he settled in 1714. The two were given two daughters and six sons, three of whom became organ builders themselves and continued their father's business. In doing so, he founded the Stumm family of organ builders , who continued the Stumm workshops for seven generations and created over 370 church organs, of which around 140 have been preserved. Many of them are considered to be musical and art-historical highlights.

His brother Johann Nikolaus was the founder of the mining entrepreneur family Stumm .

literature

  • Franz Bösken : The Stumm family of organ builders from Rhaunen-Sulzbach and their work. A contribution to the history of organ building on the Middle Rhine . Mainzer Altertumsverein, Mainz 1981 (special print from Mainz magazine. Vol. 55, 1960).
  • Franz Bösken: Stumm, family organ builders . In: Music in the past and present . 1st edition. tape 12 . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1965, ISBN 3-89853-160-0 , p. 1639 f . (CD-ROM edition of the 1st edition, Directmedia, Berlin 2003).
  • Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 6 ). tape 1 : Mainz and suburbs - Rheinhessen - Worms and suburbs . Schott, Mainz 1967, ISBN 978-3-7957-1306-5 .

Web links

Commons : Johann Michael Stumm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Bösken: The organ builder family Stumm from Rhaunen-Sulzbach and their work. 1981, p. 9 f.
  2. ^ Franz Bösken: The organ builder family Stumm from Rhaunen-Sulzbach and their work. 1981, p. 11.
  3. ↑ stummorgel.de: The organ building dynasty Stumm , as seen on December 8, 2013.
  4. ^ Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1. 1981, p. 38.
  5. ↑ Stumm-Orgelverein Rhaunen-Sulzbach eV , seen December 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ SWR television: Johann Michael Stumm - virtuoso organ builder from the Hunsrück , seen December 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ a b Bösken: Stumm, family of organ builders. 1965, p. 1639.
personal data
SURNAME Mute, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German master organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzbach
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1747