Johannes Prause

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Organ of the parish church in Bistrița , 1795

Johannes Prause (* 1755 ; † 1800 ) was a German organ builder in Kronstadt . He was one of the most important organ builders in Transylvania during the baroque period.

Life

Johannes Prause came from Schräbsdorf (today Bobolice) in Lower Silesia. In 1778 he came to Kronstadt in what was then the Habsburg town of Transylvania to repair and expand the organ in the Black Church . He stayed in the city and became one of the most important organ builders in Transylvania in his time. In 1782 Franz Prause and Michael Honigberger were named as assistants in Neustadt.

Works (selection)

Johannes Prause built over 20 organs in Transylvania, including 12 in Burzenland . Some have been preserved.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1780 Felmern / Felmer Protestant church I. 6th Positive, first known new organ, since 1996 in Fogarasch / Făgăraș
1781/82 Cloud village near Kronstadt / Vulcan Protestant church 1843 new building by Heinrich Maywald , in 1935 probably new prospectus by Carl Einweg, some pipes from Prause have been preserved, organs cannot be played.
1782 Neustadt near Kronstadt / Cristian Evangelical Nikolaikirche I / p 10 painted in rococo case by Johann Oelhan, sixth organ in Transylvania, since 1842 in Gürteln / Gherdeal , with an inscription on the bellows plate: “I was made by Johannes Prause, organ builder from Kronstadt, born in Prussian Silesia, his assistants were Franz Prause and Michael Honigberger. I was in his hands the 6th work made in Transylvania, which he completed with the help of the Most High until the end of June 1782 under the care of the most respectable Mr. Petrus Roth pastor, Georgius mason priest, Petrus Cerellus Hann and Stefanus Molnar rector ... "
1783 Zeiden / Codlea Protestant church
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 II / P 25th Using parts from the previous organ, around 2000 pipes, restored in 2014. In a chronicle it says: “On February 15th (1783) a new organ was reaccorded to the local church with Mr. Prause, organ builder from Silesia, around 1800  fl . In order to raise some money, some meadows, previous pastureland, were sold in the 'Aue' as well as in the Breiten Dreisch (Drasch). "
1786 Weidenbach / Ghimbav Protestant church I / P 14th
1795 Honigberg / Hărman Protestant church
Biserica evanghelică fortificată Hărman - Orga.jpg
 I / P 18th Restored in 2006.
1786 Keisd / Saschiz Protestant church
Orga bisericii din Saschiz.JPG
 I / P 19th
1788 Reichesdorf / Richiș Protestant church
Interior .jpg
 I / P 12
1799 Marienburg near Kronstadt / Feldioara Protestant church Evangelical Church Marienburg inside.jpg I / P 16 Restored in 2004.
1795 Bistritz / Bistrița Evangelical parish church
Bistritz.jpg
 II / P 25th largest organ from Prause.
1787/88 Dispute point / Mercheașa Protestant church I / P 10 2002 to Wolkendorf / Vulcan as choir organ,.
1793 Nussbach / Măieruș Protestant church Prospectus received, in it 1907 new building by Rieger , 2014 another new building.
1796 Magarei / Pelișor Protestant church I. 12 Positive, 1833 expansion to include pedal stops to I / P, 9, restored 1997-2000 and moved to Bucharest in 2001 in a Protestant church by Hermann Binder , now the capital's only historical organ.

literature

  • Hermann Binder: Organs in Transylvania. A contribution to the Transylvanian organ history from the beginning to the middle of the 19th century . ISBN 3-927293-20-2
  • Steffen Schlandt: Organ music in the Protestant churches in Kronstadt and Burzenland , doctoral thesis at the Klausenburger Musikakademie. 2011

Web links

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  1. ^ Organ in Fogarasch in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  2. ^ Organ in Vulcan in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  3. ^ Organ in belts in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  4. ^ Organ in Zeiden in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  5. ^ Archive of the community of Zeiden, call number 14, (description of the organist position) 1801, page 53 of the "Zeiden memorials"
  6. ↑ The baroque Prause organ from 1783 on the website of the Evangelical Church Community in Zeiden
  7. ↑ Prause organ again inaugurated at the fourth meeting in Zeiden in the Siebenbürgische Zeitung on September 6, 2014
  8. ^ Organ in Honigberg in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  9. ^ Organ in Keisd in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  10. ↑ Organ in Saschiz on Youtube
  11. ^ Organ in Reichesdorf in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  12. ^ Organ in Marienburg near Kronstadt in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  13. ^ Organ in Bistritz in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  14. ↑ Organ in Streitfort in the organ bank of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania, with a photograph of the previous location.
  15. ^ Wolkendorf in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  16. ↑ Milestone in the history of Wolkendorf. Report on the rescue of the Streifort Prause organ for Wolkendorf in Sbz, Siebenbürgische Zeitung, September 17, 2002
  17. ^ Organ in Nussbach in the organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
  18. ↑ Magarei in the organ file of the Evangelical Church in Romania
personal data
SURNAME Prause, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prause, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Organ builder in Transylvania
DATE OF BIRTH 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH 1800
Place of death uncertain: Kronstadt area