Johann Nikolaus Schäfer
Johann Nikolaus Schäfer (* 1671 in Kilianstädten ; † 1744 ) was a Baroque organ builder who worked in Hesse.
Life
Schäfer came from Babenhausen and settled in Hanau in 1705 , where he built an organ for his hometown Kilianstädten in the same year . It is not known from whom he learned organ building. His wife was called Helena Catharina and gave birth to their son Johann Ernst Henrich Schäfer in 1726. Schäfer is considered the most important organ builder in Hanau in the 18th century. His successor was Joseph Carl Großwaldt (* 1760), of which only one new building ( Wickstadt , 1759) is documented.
plant
The broad prospectus is typical of Schäfer . His organs are characterized by idiosyncratic dispositions . His Marburg plant had four eight-foot labial registers; in the pedal four of seven registers were 16-footed; Oberwerk and Brustwerk had a six-fold mixture . The design of the prospectus in the Regency style in the town church of St. Marien (Homberg) is unusual for Hessen-Kassel and points to Johann Friedrich Schäffer from Witzenhausen as the builder. In 1716 Schäfer was asked to examine Caspar Kirchner's design for a new organ in Hachenburg. He essentially endorsed the design and sent two of his own disposition drafts, which were implemented in a similar form in his own new buildings. Apart from a few brochures, essentially only his Dieburger work is still preserved as a Rückpositiv in Nieder-Ramstadt .
List of works
year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1705 | Kilian cities | Ev. church | ||||
1710 | Marjoss | Ev. church | New construction or installation of an older organ | |||
1717-1718 | Usingen | Laurentiuskirche | I / P | 14th | In 1881 Gustav Raßmann added a second manual; 1971/72 new building by Günter Hardt behind the historical housing and using 4–5 registers from Raßmann and the manual drawer from Schäfer. | |
1720 | Kleestadt | Ev. church | I. | 7th | built without a pedal; 1786 expanded to include a free pedal; Housing and manual wind chest received from Schäfer (today I / P / 12) | |
1720 | Schaafheim | Ev. church | I. | 13 | 1841 to the cath. Church Erbach sold; received some registers | |
1721-1722 | Marburg | Lutheran Parish Church of St. Mary | II / P | 28 | Prospectus received | |
1723 | The castle | St. Peter and Paul | I. | 11 | Transferred to Lengfeld in 1844, since 1965 as Rückpositiv in Nieder-Ramstadt ; best preserved work | |
1725 | Erbach | City church Erbach | II / P | 20th | Replaced in 1899 by a new building by Wilhelm Sauer behind the historical housing | |
1726 | Altheim | Ev. church | I. | 8th | built without a pedal; later expanded several times and replaced by a new Walcker organ in 1967; Prospectus received | |
1727 | Hanau | Johanneskirche | ||||
1729-1731 | Steinau an der Straße | Reinhard Church | I / P | 15th | New building; not received | |
1734 | Babenhausen | Ev. church | I / P | 17th | 1951 replaced by a new Walcker building behind the historic housing | |
1732-1736 | Homberg (Efze) | City Church of St. Mary | II / P | by Johann Friedrich Schäffer, formerly attributed to Johann Nikolaus Schäfer; only richly decorated prospectus by Josef Dietrich Göhring in Regency style preserved (today III / P / 32) → organ |
literature
- Hans Martin Balz : organs and organ builder in the area of the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. A contribution to the history of organ building . Bärenreiter-Antiquariat, Kassel 1969 (Studies on Hessian Music History 3).
- Hans Martin Balz, Reinhardt Menger: Old organs in Hessen and Nassau (= publication of the Society of Organ Friends . Volume 72 ). Merseburger, Kassel 1979, ISBN 3-87537-169-0 .
- Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (= contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.1 ). tape 2 : The area of the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 .
- Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (= contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 2: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 .
- Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (= contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 .
- Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (= contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 .
- Dieter Großmann: Kurhessen as an organ landscape . In: Acta Organologica . tape 1 , 1967, p. 69-112 .
- Gottfried Rehm: The organs of the former Schlüchtern district (= North German organs. Vol. 10). Pape, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-921140-14-5 .
Web links
- Helmut Fritz: Organ history of the Ev. Laurentius Church in Usingen (PDF file; 4.72 MB)
- The baroque organ by Joh. Nik. Schäfer (Nieder-Ramstadt) ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Martin Balz: organs and organ builders in the area of the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. A contribution to the history of organ building (= studies on Hessian music history . Volume 3 ). Bärenreiter-Antiquariat, Kassel 1969, p. 111 .
- ^ Bösken, Fischer: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 1: A – L. 1988, p. 16.
- ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 2: L – Z. 1975, p. 781.
- ↑ See the complete disposition from Dieter Großmann: Orgeln und Orgelbauer in Hessen (= contributions to Hessian history . Volume 12 ). 2nd Edition. Trautvetter & Fischer, Marburg 1998, ISBN 3-87822-109-6 , pp. 54 .
- ^ Eckhard Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain (Hesse) (= publications of the historical commission for Hesse . Volume 43 ). Elwert, Marburg 1981, ISBN 3-7708-0713-8 , pp. 280 f .
- ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 1: A – K. 1975, p. 392.
- ↑ The baroque organ by Joh. Nik. Schäfer ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Balz: organs and organ builders in the area of the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. 1969, p. 117 f.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shepherd, Johann Nikolaus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheffer |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1671 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kilian cities |
DATE OF DEATH | 1744 |