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 |
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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
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Compenius, Ludwig |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ and harpsichord builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1603 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1671 |
Place of death | Erfurt |