Karl Bormann (organologist)

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Karl Heinz Bormann (born March 20, 1902 in Eilenburg ; † August 8, 1971 in Arnsberg ) was a German engineer and organologist . He was an initiating founding member of the international Society of Organ Friends .

Life

House organ by Karl Bormann

Karl Bormann, who was an enthusiastic organist , originally wanted to become an organ builder . His father did not agree with this idea. Therefore, he became an engineer in heating technology and also carried out organic studies. In 1935 he founded a company for hot water technology in Munich. His operation was classified as important to the war effort. Therefore, he was not drafted as a soldier in World War II . In his main activity he received numerous patents.

Karl Bormann was a founding member of the Society of Organ Friends in Ochsenhausen on August 4th, 1951 . In 1964 he called in Ars Organi, issue 24, to found a “working group for home organ builders” which he headed from 1967 onwards.

Karl Bormann had a serious accident at the organ conference in 1971 and died a few days later in the Arnsberg Hospital, shortly after the Society's twenty-year anniversary. His completed book was published posthumously.

He was married to Franziska Bormann. The marriage had a daughter. One of his closest friends and companions was Walter Supper .

His estate can be found in the archive of the Waldkirch Organ Foundation.

meaning

Karl Bormann made it possible for many interested laypeople to build their own pipe organ through his research and publications. As a result of his work, there is now an active working group across Europe. His instruments are still in private hands and can be played.

Publications

  • The Gothic organ by Bartenstein from 1395. In: Ars Organi . Vol. 14, Issue 29, 1966, pp. 1-23.
  • The gothic organ in Halberstadt. Merseburger, Berlin 1966.
  • Organ and music box construction. Sanssouci, Zurich 1968.
  • Home organ building. Merseburger, Berlin 1972, ISBN 978-3-87537-221-2 .
  • Organ building tract by Sebastian Wirth (1736–1820). In: Acta Organologica . Vol. 4. Berlin 1970, pp. 166-204.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Society of Organ Friends: Ars Organi 1971
  2. ↑ Company on erstzu-wem.de, accessed on May 22, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c History of the GdO Working Group House Organ , accessed on May 22, 2019
  4. ↑ Bormann Archive at stiftungsarchive.de, accessed on May 22, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Bormann, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bormann, Karl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Eilenburg
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1971
Place of death Arnsberg