Johann Vest

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Organ prospectus in Sibiu from 1672

Johann Vest (also Johann Fest , Johannes Vest ; * around 1630 , † 1694 ) was a German organ builder in Sibiu in Transylvania .

Life

Johann Vest came from Bartfeld (today Bardejov) or Leutschau (today Levoča) in what was then Habsburg Upper Hungary (today Slovakia). In 1668 he built an organ in Eperies (now Prešov). Around 1671 he came to Sibiu in Transylvania and built the largest organ in Hungary. He stayed in town and rebuilt or rebuilt others. The last work is known from 1693.

Its organs are part of the Silesian-Saxon organ building tradition.

Works (selection)

Johann Vest built or rebuilt some organs in Transylvania and Upper Hungary. The prospectuses in Prešov , Sibiu and Schäßburg , as well as parts in Baaßen (previously in Mediasch) are preserved as probably the oldest in Transylvania.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1668-1670 Eperies , now Prešov, Slovakia Protestant church I / P Prospectus received, including work by Rieger , around 1913
1671-1672 Hermannstadt / Sibiu City parish church
Sibiu city parish church to the organ.jpg
 II / P 40. 2,700 pipes, at that time the largest organ in Hungary, prospectus preserved, including a new work by Sauer from 1915 with 80 stops - today's organ
1675 Grossau / Cristian Protestant church Moved to Neppendorf in 1752 , replaced by Johannes Hahn junior in 1801.
1675, 1680 Mediasch / Mediaș Evangelical Margaret Church extensive renovations by Vest, implemented in 1757 to Baaßen / Bazna with a new prospectus by Johannes Hahn, 1906 rearrangement, 2013/16 restoration and reconstruction of the organ from 1680
1680 Schäßburg / Sighișoara Monastery church Prospectus received, in 1905 a new work by Rieger, restored - today's organ
1693 Kronstadt - Brașov Black Church from remains of the old organ after a fire in 1689, replaced by Buchholz in 1836

literature

  • Hermann Binder : Organs in Transylvania. A contribution to the Transylvanian organ history from the beginning to the middle of the 19th century . Gehann Musikverlag, Kludenbach 2000, ISBN 978-3-927293-20-5 , p. 23-37 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Seivert: Messages from Transylvanian scholars and their writings. Pressburg 1785. p. 386
  2. ↑ Ján Veit organs and organ builder in Slovakia, with photo (German)
  3. ↑ Today's organ organ database, does not know the maker of the prospectus (Dutch)
  4. ^ Johann Seivert : Messages from Transylvanian Scholars. Pressburg 1785. p. 386
  5. ^ Sauer organ of the parish church in Sibiu (German)
  6. ↑ Today's organ in Hermannstadt Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania (German)
  7. ^ Church and Castle Grossau (German)
  8. ^ Organ in Baaßen Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB
  9. ^ Organ in Schäßburg Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB
  10. ↑ Organ in Sighișoara Orgeldatabase, with photo (Dutch)
  11. ↑ Organs Black Church Kronstadt (German)
personal data
SURNAME Vest, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fest, Johann; Vest, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Transylvania
DATE OF BIRTH around 1630
DATE OF DEATH 1694