Ludwig Compenius

Ludwig Compenius (* around 1603 in Halle (Saale) ; † February 11, 1671 in Erfurt ) was a Central German organ and harpsichord builder from the Compenius family of organ builders .

Life

He was the son of the organ builder Heinrich Compenius the Younger . Around 1632 he settled there as an employed organ builder of the cathedral chapter in Naumburg . After 1647 he became a citizen of Erfurt. His son Christoph Compenius was court choirmaster in Weimar .

Proven works

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1632	Time	St. Nicolai
1635	Naumburg	Dom
1647	Gera	St. John
1649	Erfurt	Preacher Church				Prospectus received
1650	Suhl
1652	Gotha Siebleben
1652	Erfurt	Michaeliskirche				New organ (1896 Friedrich Petersilie and 2000 W. Rühle & Sohn ) in the case of Ludwig Compenius
1656	Altenburg	Brethren Church
1657	Weimar	Castle chapel				With subsemitonies
1662	Naumburg	St. Wenceslas				extension
1664	Untereustadt
1664	kassel	Brothers Church (Kassel)				overhaul
1664	kassel	Martinskirche				overhaul
1667	Apolda	Martinskirche				overhaul

Ludwig Compenius also built a harpsichord for the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig in 1670 .

literature

• Salomon Kümmerle: Compenius, family . In: Encyclopedia of Protestant Church Music . tape 1 . Gütersloh 1888, p. 286 f .
• Winfried Schlepphorst: Compenius, family . In: Music in the past and present 2 . Person part, band 4 . Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel / Stuttgart 2000, Sp. 1438–1446.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Compenius organs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Ludwig Compenius in the catalog of the German National Library
• The Compenius family
• City mission Erfurt with information about Compenius and the Compenius organ of the Michaeliskirche Erfurt
• Ludwig Compenius and Erfurt