Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder

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Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder (born July 25, 1691 in Kiedrich , † 1757 in Mainz ) was a German organ builder .

He should not be confused with his son Johannes Christoph Kohlhaas , also known as Johannes Kohlhaas the Younger , (* 1736 in Mainz; † 1775 , ibid), who, like his father, was a cathedral chapter organ maker and an extraordinarily talented carpenter . 17 organs of both can be found in Rheinhessen and Rheingau.
Heinrich Konrad Kohlhaas († 1800 in Mainz), son of Johannes Kohlhaas the Younger, held the office of cathedral chapter organ maker until his death.

Life of Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder

The parents of Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder were Johann Konrad Kohlhaas and Maria Eva Keller, a granddaughter of the organ builder Johann Jakob Keller from Kiedrich. He learned the trade of organ builder from Johann Wendelin Kirchner and Johann Jakob Dahm . In the older literature, Johann Peter Geissel is also mentioned as another teacher in organ building. However, Geissel, born in 1636, is no longer traceable in Mainz after 1689. Kohlhaas is also unlikely to have learned from Anton Ziegenhorn († 1720) or from his son Johann Eberhard Ziegenhorn († 1726), since neither of them were organ builders or joiners, but carpenters. After completing his training in Mainz , Kohlhaas initially carried out repair work in the Rheingau . After his teacher Johann Jakob Dahm died on July 10th, 1727, Kohlhaas was his successor in office as cathedral chapter organ maker . When applying for this office, Kohlhaas was also able to prevail against competitor Joseph Gabler . As a cathedral organ builder, he carried out most of the new buildings in the Mainzer Sprengel. According to the musicologist Wilhelm Krumbach , Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder was also the teacher of Matthäus Heilmann .

Life of Johannes Kohlhaas the Younger

Little is known of the life of Johannes Kohlhaas the Younger, who died at the age of 39.

Works by Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder

One of the most important works by Johannes Kohlhaas the Elder is the organ built in 1747 in the Pankratius Church in Budenheim . This is the only one of numerous Kohlhaas works that has largely been preserved. Only the cases of his organs in St. Gereon in Nackenheim (1739), St. Markus in Erbach (Rheingau) (1725) and St. Vincentus in Hattenheim (1739–1740) still exist.

Works by Johannes Kohlhaas the Younger

The case of the 1763 for the catholic comes from Johannes Kohlhaas the Younger. Church of the Assumption of Mary in Undenheim, the organ of which was replaced in 1907 by one by Körfer; the organ built for Bodenheim in 1765 , which has been in the Protestant church in Ober-Saulheim since 1828 ; the 1769 built organ of the cath. Church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Großwinternheim , which was restored in 2011/2012 by the Rainer Müller workshop in Merxheim (Nahe) and inaugurated on September 16, 2012 with the assistance of Albert Schönberger , as well as the case of the organ built in 1772 for the Armklarenkloster in Mainz 1807 in the cath. Parish church of St. Georg in Nieder-Olm and its work has since been renewed.

literature

  • Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Mainz 1967.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1984.
  • Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders. Wilhelmshaven 1994.
  • Johannes Mayr: Joseph Gabler organ maker. Biberach 2000.
  • Achim Seip: Old and new organs in the diocese of Mainz. With the collaboration of Thomas Adelberger, Thomas Drescher , Gregor Knop, Klaus Minden, Nicolo Sokoli, Manfred Wittelsberger and Dan Zerfaß . Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-2838-9 .
  • Hans-Joachim Stenger: The Kohlhaas organ from 1769 , in: The Kohlhaas organ in St. Johannes Evangelist in Großwinternheim. Ingelheim 2012.
  • Wolfgang Plodek: in Ars Organi , issue 1/1986, the church board of directors pricked up their ears. In this article he described the Budenheim organ and asked: "Who kisses Sleeping Beauty awake?"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Achim Seip: Old and new organs in the diocese of Mainz. With the collaboration of Thomas Adelberger, Thomas Drescher, Gregor Knop, Klaus Minden, Nicolo Sokoli, Manfred Wittelsberger and Dan Zerfaß . Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-2838-9 , p. 121.
  2. ↑ Achim Seip: Old and new organs in the diocese of Mainz. With the collaboration of Thomas Adelberger, Thomas Drescher, Gregor Knop, Klaus Minden, Nicolo Sokoli, Manfred Wittelsberger and Dan Zerfaß. Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-2838-9 , p. 120.
  3. ^ Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas: Lexikon Süddeutscher Orgelbauer , Wilhelmshaven 1994, p. 111 f.
  4. ↑ Johannes Mayr: Joseph Gabler Orgelmacher , Biberach 2000, p. 13 ff.
  5. ^ Wilhelm Krumbach: German organ landscapes - organ landscape Middle Rhine (2). 1967
  6. ^ Wilhelm Krumbach: German organ landscapes - organ landscape Middle Rhine (2). 1967.
  7. ↑ Hans-Joachim Stenger: The Kohlhaas organ from 1769. In: The Kohlhaas organ in St. Johannes Evangelist Großwinternheim. Ingelheim 2012, p. 19.
  8. ^ Kohlhaas organ in Budenheim
  9. ^ Parish journal Gereon from Nackenheim
  10. ↑ Erbach: Kohlhaas organ (1725) (PDF; 197 kB)
  11. ↑ 35 years of department for church music in the diocese of Limburg.
  12. ↑ Hans-Joachim Stenger: The Kohlhaas organ from 1769. In: The Kohlhaas organ in St. Johannes Evangelist Groß-Winternheim. Ingelheim 2012, p. 19.
  13. ^ Kohlhaas organ in Ober-Saulheim
  14. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Munich 1984, p. 934.
  15. ^ Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine , Volume 1. Mainz 1967, p. 335.
  16. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Munich 1984, p. 746.
personal data
SURNAME Kohlhaas, Johannes the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiedrich
DATE OF DEATH 1757
Place of death Mainz