Mauracher (organ builder)

Mathäus Mauracher the Elder J.

Mauracherstrasse in Salzburg

The Mauracher family of organ builders was an Austrian family of organ builders who worked from the 18th to the 20th century. The family can be traced back to Georg Mauracher (1704–1786), a carpenter in Kapfing , today part of the municipality of Fügen in the Tyrolean Zillertal .

The lines

The Mauracher family of organ builders is divided into the Zeller and Fügen line.

The founder of the Fügen line was Andreas Mauracher (1758–1824). His son Karl, who from 1820 increasingly worked in the area around Salzburg and created a total of around 50 organ works, gained national importance. His son, organ builder Johann Nepomuk Carl Mauracher, moved his workshop from the Zillertal to Braunau in 1845, where he had bought the old school building. In 1861 he moved to Salzburg and set up in the Aiglhof, and in 1878 in the Daghoferhof. His company, which apparently resulted in 61 organ buildings, was again taken over by a male descendant, Albert, who built around 115 organs by 1917. Albert Mauracher had his workshop first in Reichenhallerstrasse 6, from 1886 in Strubergasse 12. Probably because of his childlessness, the Albert Mauracher company was continued from 1910 under the supervision of Karl Franz Mauracher from the Zell line until Albert's death in 1917, then contrary to expectations from his partner Adam Grünsfelder. In 1922 the same was combined with the organ building company “Mertel & Dreher” to form “Cäcilia / Österreichische Orgelbau AG”. This company was taken over by Max Dreher and Leopold Flamm in October 1928 and renamed " Dreher & Flamm " in January 1929 .

Mathias Mauracher (1788–1857), a farmer's son and carpenter, who initially built wooden altars and later made organs and other musical instruments as an autodidact , is considered to be the founder of the Zeller branch, which created around 400 organ works . His son Mathias Mauracher II (1818–1884), who later called himself Matthäus (Matthäus Mauracher I), continued the trade and in 1863 moved the company to Salzburg . His sons, Matthäus II (1859–1939) and Hans I (1847–1900) initially continued the family business in the Parsch district of Salzburg . Matthäus II founded a branch in Graz in 1891 and the company was called "Matthäus M.'s Sons, Salzburg - St. Florian - Graz". Around 1907, Matthäus II returned to Salzburg and took over the parent company after his nephew Franz (1881–1949) had to file for bankruptcy.

From the Zell line, Josef Mauracher (1845–1907), who was awarded the title of kuk court organ builder in 1891, developed a branch line in St. Florian, Upper Austria, in the early 1880s . His sons continued the business under the name “Orgelbauanstalt Gebrüder Mauracher” and moved it to Linz in the mid-1920s . After Matthäus Mauracher III's death in 1954, the company was dissolved or became the property of Rudolf Novak from Klagenfurt .

The writer Isabella Mauracher (1896–1973) also comes from the Mauracher family, and one of her poems deals with the organ.

Family tree

• Georg Mauracher (1704–1786)
  • Blasius Mauracher (* 1738)
    Tischer in Hollenzen, Mayrhofen municipality (son from 2nd marriage)
    • Josef Mauracher (1766–1819)
      farmer in Oberbichl, then part of the Zell am Ziller community
      • Mathias Mauracher (1788–1857)
        founder of the Zeller line
        • Matthäus (Mathias) Mauracher (senior) I (1818–1884)
          • Josef Mauracher (1845–1907)
            founder of the branch line in St. Florian / Linz
            • Matthäus Mauracher III (1885–1954)
              (Brothers Mauracher)
            • Anton Mauracher (1896–1962)
              (Brothers Mauracher)
          • Hans (Johann) Mauracher I (1847–1900)
            • Karl Franz Mauracher (1881–1949)
              • Hans (Johann) Mauracher III (1907–1970)
            • Hans (Johann) Mauracher II (1885–1915)
          • Matthäus Mauracher (jun.) II (1859–1939)
            • Matthäus Mauracher IV (1881-1949)
  • Andreas Mauracher (1758–1824)
    founder of the Fügen line (son from 3rd marriage)
    • Karl Mauracher (1789–1844)
      • Johann Nepomuk Carl Mauracher (1818-1884)
        • Albert Mauracher (1858-1917)
      • Ludwig Mauracher (1820–1885)

Organs built by members of the Mauracher family

year	place	church	image	Man.	Reg.	Remarks
1832	Saalfelden	Deanery parish church Saalfelden				In 1811 a fire destroyed 108 houses and also the parish church. During the subsequent reconstruction, Karl Mauracher was commissioned to build a new organ in 1831/32. His design is based on the “post-baroque style”, in which the church was fitted out as a whole; the matching figural decorations were supplied by Johann Haid from St. Johann in 1836. When the dean of Saalfelden had the church Romanized at great expense between 1858 and 1861, he gave the organ case away to the pilgrimage church on the Dürrnberg , and Johann Nepomuk Carl Mauracher used the remaining parts to build the organ in the Romanesque style. Karl Mauracher's “post-baroque housing” has been preserved in the Dürrnberg church (see below).
1835	Maria Alm	Parish and pilgrimage church		I / P	12	Karl Mauracher s design for a new organ on the west gallery, which would have cost 800 guilders . Unrealized.
1836	Bludenz	Laurentiuskirche				By Karl Mauracher , preserved in a modified condition (as of May 2018)
1858	Filzmoos	Parish church to the hll. Peter and Paul		I / P	8th	One of the few instruments built by Ludwig Mauracher who was considered an unreliable organ builder. The consistory therefore approved the awarding of the contract to him with the wise request that the pastor should exercise all due care so that the new organ from the organ builder mentioned could be solidly u. will be produced permanently . In 1991 the organ was renovated by Fritz Mertel.
1860	Hallein	Parish and pilgrimage church in Dürrnberg		II / P	15th	Johann Nepomuk Carl Mauracher , who relocated his workshop from Braunau to Salzburg in 1861, used on the one hand the 15 stops of the Heilig Geist organ from the north-east gallery of the Salzburg Cathedral that he had just demolished to build the organ on the Dürrnberg, and on the other hand the The case of the Saalfelden organ from his father Karl Mauracher, made in 1832 in the neo-baroque style: In the course of the complex re-Romanization of the Saalfelden church, Johann Nepomuk Carl Mauracher had received the order in 1859 to re-erect his father's organ in a new-Romanesque case, modified . The driving forces behind the process of making an organ from used parts in the Dürrnberg Church were the sons of Franz Xaver Gruber , Franz and Felix Gruber. In 1969 the organ was changed inappropriately by Hermann Oettl. Currently in need of renovation.
1862	Vienna	Lazarist Church		IV / P	52	Built by Matthäus Mauracher I , who only moved his workshop from the Zillertal to Salzburg in 1863, as a two-manual organ with 25 stops, expanded to 42 stops and 3 manuals by Josef Mauracher from St. Florian in 1899, and to 52 stops in 1927 by Johann M. Kauffmann and 4 manuals extended (4th manual implemented as remote control). Largest late romantic church organ in Vienna. Electropneumatic action, cone drawer, free-standing gaming table.
1868	Salzburg	College Church		III / P	32	From Matthäus Mauracher I. as a mechanical slider chest organ with a common swell box for the II. And III. Manual built. Anton Bruckner must have appreciated this instrument very much. In the winter of 1869 he then played some fugues in the strict form that corresponded to his reputation as a great contrapuntist who had ties to Beethoven, which he had already received in Nancy and Paris that year . The following year he delighted several music lovers with an interesting production on the beautiful organ of the college church . In 1982 the organ was restored by the Pirchner company .
1870	St. Valentine	Parish church hl. Valentine				The organ was rebuilt by Matthäus Mauracher I. in 1907 and 1964. In 2012 it was replaced by a new movement from the Vleugels company in the restored case.
1874	Bad Gastein	Preimskirche				By Matthäus Mauracher I. (senior) according to Dehio Salzburg 1986 p. 28.
1878	Mautern in Styria	Parish church of Mautern
1879	Admont	Admont Abbey				In 1974, Matthäus Mauracher I replaced it with an organ from the Vorarlberg company Rieger.
1882 (before?)	Vienna	Weinhauser parish church		II / P	30th	Gebrüder Mauracher , Linz The organ was an exhibit at the music and theater exhibition held in Vienna in 1882 and was installed in the Weinhauser parish church in 1892. The prospectus was designed by Heinrich Hollitzky, a student of Friedrich von Schmidt .
1886	Salzburg	Ursuline Church, since 1996 in the parish church of Rauris		II / P	13	The organ was built by Hans Mauracher in 1886 , only the case has been preserved. After the extensive renovation of the Ursuline Church in Salzburg, the responsible rector, Fr. Josef Strolz MSC († 1998), decided after 1973 to have the organ removed in order to free the large north window. In 1996 the empty case was transported to Rauris, erected in the local parish church and the Lachmayr organ from Engelszell from 1892 housed in it.
1888	Bad Ischl	City parish church of St. Nicholas		III / P	60	On the occasion of the 80th birthday of the Austrian emperor, the organ was expanded between 1908 and 1910 and was given the nickname Kaiser Jubilee Organ . Because of its electro-pneumatic action , it was considered to be the best organ in the monarchy from an organ building standpoint. The Austrian composer Anton Bruckner had regularly played on the organ, which was partly equipped with Bark levers and partly with a pneumatic action . B. on July 31, 1890, at the wedding of his befriended Emperor's daughter Marie Valerie .
1889	Tweng	Parish Church Tweng				Albert Mauracher
1891	Adnet	Parish Church of Adnet				Albert Mauracher
1891	Trautmannsdorf in Eastern Styria	Parish Church of Trautmannsdorf				Matthäus Mauracher
1892	Berndorf near Salzburg	Berndorf parish church near Salzburg				Hans Mauracher
1892	Feldkirchen near Graz	Feldkirchen parish church near Graz		II / P	13	Built by Mathäus Mauracher's sons . Renovated in 2015 by Drago Lukman. Originally preserved except for the prospect pipes and the bellows treadmill.
1895	Toads	Parish Church of St. James d. Ä.		II / P	12	Built by Albert Mauracher , as Opus 42, with a mechanical cone drawer. The organ has been preserved except for the prospect pipes delivered in 1917.
1897	Vienna	Heiligenstadt parish church of St. Michael		II / P	29	Built by Josef Mauracher .
1901	Hartmannsdorf market	Hartmannsdorf parish church				Built by Albert Mauracher .
1903	Sankt Johann near Herberstein	Parish church of St. Johann near Herberstein				Built by Albert Mauracher .
1903	Vienna	Parish church Oberlaa		II / P	15th	Matthäus Mauracher II.
1903	Salzburg	Parish Church Salzburg-St. Andrä		II / P	38	The instrument, built by Karl Franz Mauracher with a pneumatic action, was initially enthusiastically praised by the Mozarteum director Hummel , the cathedral choir director Spies and the organist of the Franciscan Church , P. German Niederstätter. After a year, however, it was already unplayable, and all the leather membranes had to be replaced. The organ and large parts of the church were destroyed by aerial bombs in two air raids , on November 22, 1944 and April 25, 1945.
1906	Pörtschach am Wörther See	Parish Church of Pörtschach		II / P	16	From Josef Mauracher . In 2008 the Eisenbarth company built a new building with 29 registers, whereby the organ case and a large part of the metal pipes of the old Mauracher organ were reused.
1909	Graz	Parish Church of St. Joseph		II / P	29	Organ by Matthäus Mauracher, in the 1980s some registers were changed in the course of a clearing of the disposition.
1910	Söchau	Söchau parish church		II / P	9	Organ by Matthäus Mauracher from Graz
1910	Salzburg	Leper house		I / P	5	The instrument was built by Albert Mauracher as a pneumatic cone store organ. It is reminiscent of the Coelesticon, which he sold from 1905 . In 1981 the organ was technically rebuilt by Fritz Mertel with a mechanical sliding box, the case, the console and practically all pipes were retained but expanded to a total of 6 registers.
1911	Vienna	Maria on the shore		II / P		Matthäus Mauracher II.
1918	Unterlamm	Parish church Unterlamm				Matthäus Mauracher
1927	St. Peter in the Au	Parish church of St. Peter in der Au				Brothers Mauracher
1934	St. Leonhard am Hornerwald	Parish church of St. Leonhard am Hornerwald				Brothers Mauracher
1948	Blind market	Parish Church Blindenmarkt				Brothers Mauracher
1952	St. Peter in the Au	Engstetten parish church				Brothers Mauracher
1954	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Basilica dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo (Italian WP)				Brothers Mauracher , on the initiative of Enrico Forer
1955	Pitten	Parish Church Pitten				Brothers Mauracher
1957	Lower	Marienkirche Untergeng		II / P	10	Brothers Mauracher . The organ has an electric action.

literature

• Otto Biba: Anton Bruckner and the Mauracher family of organ builders . In: Othmar Wessely (Ed.), Bruckner Studies , Vienna 1975, pp. 143–162.
• The Mauracher Brothers Organ Builders in Linz , Linz 1950.
• Franz Kelnreiter: Sound aesthetics and instrument making: Contributions to the history of ideas of the Austrian organ between 1900 and 1938. Diploma thesis University of Salzburg 1991.
• Kuk Hof organ building institute Matthäus Mauracher's Sons , Salzburg 1892.
• Alfred Reichling: Mauracher, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
• Alfred Reichling: Tyrolean organ builder in the first half of the 19th century . In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum , No. 78 (1998), pp. 229–250.
• Roman Schmeißner: The history of organ art using the example of the Thalgau dean's office . Thesis. Salzburg University of Education, 1982.
• Roman Schmeißner: Organ building in Salzburg's pilgrimage churches , Duisburg & Cologne: WiKu-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86553-446-0 (also dissertation: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg , Mozarteum University 2012).
• Gerhard Walterskirchen: building history of the organ of the university church . In: The organ of the University Church Salzburg . Consecration of the renovated Mauracher organ 10 July 1982, pp. 13-19.
• Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present , Diss. Salzburg 1982, manuscript, pp. 166–214.

Web links

Commons : Organ builder family Mauracher  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Festschrift Mauracher (PDF; 940 kB) by Orgelbau Walcker Mayer; accessed on Sep. 26 2010
2. ^ Organ landscape Tyrol: "Cäcilia", Österreichische Orgelbau-AG ; accessed on Sep. 26 2010
3. ↑ ^{a b} 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 ).
4. ^ Organ landscape Tyrol: Mauracher, Mathias ; accessed on Sep. 26 2010.
5. ^ Organ landscape Tyrol: Mauracher, Gebr .; accessed on Sep. 26 2010
6. ^ THE ORGAN In: Hermann Spies: THE SALZBURGER GROSSEN DOMORGELN. Augsburg 1929, p. 5 (not paginated).
7. ^ Roman Matthias Schmeißner: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . Dissertation University Mozarteum Salzburg 2012, p. 29.
8. ↑ The costs of these measures amounted to 78,755 guilders. ÖKT 25, ed. by the Art History Institute of the Federal Monuments Office, edited by Karl Ginhart: The monuments of the political district of Zell am See , published by Rudolf M. Rohrer in Baden near Vienna 1933, p. 146f.
9. ^ Information sheet laid out in the church: "The Bludenzer Laurentiuskirche", publisher: Bludenz Stadtmarketing, Werdenbergerstr. 42, 6700 Bludenz
10. ^ Filzmoos parish archives: box 8, building files (Salzburg, July 20, 1858).
11. ^ Roman Matthias Schmeißner: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg , Diss. University Mozarteum Salzburg 2012, p. 25ff.
12. ^ Johann Simon Kreuzpointner: History of the organ in the Lazarist church. In: Festschrift for the consecration of the organ in the Lazarist Church "Immaculate Conception" on January 28, 2001. Vienna 2001, pp. 7–12.
13. ^ Gabriele Zimmermann: History of the Organ in the Lazarist Church. In: Festschrift for the consecration of the organ in the Lazarist Church "Immaculate Conception" on January 28, 2001. Vienna 2001, p. 3.
14. ↑ Salzburger Volksblatt of April 7, 1869 and September 9, 1870. Quoted from: Gerhard Walterskirchen: Building history of the organ of the university church . In: The organ of the University Church Salzburg . Consecration of the renovated Mauracher organ 10 July 1982, p. 18f.
15. ↑ Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch. The art monuments of Austria. Lower Austria, south of the Danube , part 2, page 2051, Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-365-8
16. ^ Organ of the parish church of St. Valentin. Retrieved October 23, 2012 . 
17. ↑ Information on the organ of the Weinhaus parish church on their website. Retrieved October 8, 2011 . 
18. ↑ Information on the history of the organ
19. ↑ Parish Heiligenstadt: Churches. Web presence of the parish of Heiligenstadt, accessed on August 3, 2012 . 
20. ^ Organ solo music dispatch - Mauracher Orgel Graz. Retrieved May 19, 2017 . 
21. ^ Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present . Dissertation, Salzburg 1982, p. 183 f .
22. ↑ See HP: parrocchiacortina.it , accessed on July 2, 2017. Also prospectus of the church
23. ↑ The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Mühlviertel 2003 . Eidenberg, church and small monuments in the municipality, branch church Mariae Himmelfahrt, p. 108 f.