Lambert Daniel Kastens

Lambert Daniel Kastens (* around 1690 in northern Germany, probably as Lambert Daniel Carstens ; † October 30, 1744 in Viborg , Denmark) was a German organ builder whose main works can be found in Denmark .

biography

Kastens was a student and later a master craftsman of Arp Schnitger in Neuenfelde near Hamburg and after his death took over his authorization to practice organ building for Schleswig , Holstein , Oldenburg and Delmenhorst . Kastens soon had his own workshop in Itzehoe , which was taken over by his colleague Johann Dietrich Busch in 1728. This was justified by his appointment as the royal privileged organ builder for Denmark and Norway in the same year. He came to Copenhagen in 1722 on the recommendation of Vincent Lübeck . Based in the Nordic area, it was then called Kastens. He is considered to be the most important representative of the Arp Schnitger tradition in both countries and in Schleswig-Holstein. Well-known students were Hartvig Jochum Müller (approx. 1716–1793) and Amdi Worm (1722–1791). None of the Kastens instruments have survived , but some brochures have been preserved.

List of works

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1706	Berlin-Charlottenburg	Charlottenburg Palace (Eosander Chapel)		II / P	26th	The planning came from Schnitger, but the execution is attributed to Kastens. The instrument was destroyed in 1944. Today there is a reconstructed organ in the Eosander Chapel.
1720	Itzehoe	St. Laurentii		III / P	43	The work was started by Arp Schnitger, but finished by Kastens. Only the case and the prospectus have been preserved. → organ
1724	Copenhagen	Garrison Church		II / P	30th	1724 Rückpositiv added; Get prospectus; Pipework reconstructed. Manufactured in the Itzehoe workshop.
1728	Copenhagen	Reformert Kirke				originally built for the Copenhagen Palace Chapel; Prospectus received
1726-1729	Oslo	Oslo Cathedral		III / P	49	Prospectus received
1729	Copenhagen	St. Petri		III / P	44	not received
1730	Aarhus	Aarhus Cathedral		III / P	43	Prospectus and some registers received; today III / P / 89
1730	Slangerup	Slangerup kirke				Replaced in 1855, prospectus received; today II / p / 12
1731	Copenhagen	Trinitatis Kirke		III / P	39	Prospectus received
1731-1732	Schleswig	Schleswig Cathedral		II / P	38	Extension conversion together with Johann Dietrich Busch; only a prospectus from 1701 received
1731-1732	Flensburg	Marienkirche				Renovation together with Johann Dietrich Busch; Receive prospectus (new positive return)
1733	Copenhagen	Helligåndskirken				not received
1733	Halden (Norway)					not received
1733	Copenhagen	woman Church		III / P	50	not received
1736	Viborg	Viborg Cathedral		II / P	30th	not received
1737-1740	Copenhagen	Holmenskirche		III / P	43	Prospectus received
1739-1741	Copenhagen	Christiansborg , Castle Church		III / P	42	not received

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. The Sauer Organ in St. Laurentii. In: Ev.-Luth. Inner city municipality Itzehoe: organs. Retrieved December 30, 2015 . 

literature

• Ole Olesen: KASTENS, LAMBERT DANIEL . In: Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel (eds.): The Organ: An Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York, London 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-94174-7 , pp. 285-286 (English).
• Gustav Fock : Arp Schnitger and his school: a contribution to the history of organ building in the North Sea and Baltic Sea coast area . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 (publications of the organ science research center in the musicology seminar of the Westphalian Wilhelms University, Münster; 5).
• Otto Schumann: Sources and research on the history of organ building in the Duchy of Schleswig before 1800 . Katzbichler, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-87397-025-2 .