Mathias Mauracher

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Mathias Mauracher (born November 24, 1788 in Oberbichl, then part of the Zell am Ziller community, today Ramsau im Zillertal , Tyrol ; † November 22, 1857 in Graz , Styria ) was an Austrian organ builder from the Zillertal . He came from the Mauracher family of organ builders and was the founder of the Zeller line, which created around 400 organ works. His son of the same name (1818–1884) called himself Matthäus and is usually referred to in literature as Matthäus Mauracher the Elder. or Matthäus Mauracher II. , rarely as Mathias Mauracher II.

Life

Mathias, son of the farmer Josef Mauracher (1766–1819), initially worked as a carpenter building church altars, later he also made smaller organs and other musical instruments as an autodidact. In 1818 he founded his own organ workshop in Oberbichl; In the course of his life he created around 30 organs, which were mainly installed in Tyrol, Salzburg and Styria. While building the organ for the church of the Franciscan monastery in Graz , he died unexpectedly, so that his son had to complete the work he had started.

Works (selection)

  • Tux, 1825-26
  • Salzburg, Ursuline Church , 1830
  • Heiterwang, 1830 (I / 12)
  • Innsbruck, Ursuline Church, 1832
  • Mayrhofen, 1833
  • Kaltern, parish church, 1834 (II / 27)
  • Finkenberg, 1835
  • Brandberg, 1838 (I / 10)
  • Wangle, 1839
  • Tschars, 1842 (II / 19)
  • Häselgehr, 1842 (II / 20)
  • Plaus, 1843
  • Oberhofen, 1845
  • Algund, 1847 (II / 22)
  • Nassereith, around 1851
  • Graz, Ursuline Church and Franciscan Church, 1857

Source:

literature

  • Alfred Reichling: Tyrolean organ builder in the first half of the 19th century . In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum No. 78/1998, p. 236
  • Austrian music lexicon . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 (Volume 3).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ K. Schütz:  Mauracher, Matthias. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 156 f. (Direct links on p. 156 , p. 157 ).
  2. ^ Organ landscape Tyrol: Mauracher, Mathias ; accessed on Sep. 30 2010
  3. ^ Orgelbau Walcker: The Mauracher organ (PDF; 940 kB); accessed on Sep. 30 2010
personal data
SURNAME Mauracher, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberbichl, municipality of Ramsau in the Zillertal
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1857
Place of death Graz