Michael Engler the Younger
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Organ gallery in the monastery church Grüssau
Michael Engler the Younger (born September 6, 1688 in Breslau , Principality of Breslau ; † January 15, 1760 ibid) was the most famous representative of a family of organ builders from Breslau.
Life
His father, the Wroclaw organ and instrument maker Michael Engler the Elder (circa 1650-circa 1720), was the son of a Neusiedl councilman and city carpenter. Michael Engler d. J. acquired the city charter of Breslau in 1723. His son Gottlieb Benjamin (1734–1793) and his grandson Johann Gottlieb Benjamin (1775–1829) also worked as organ builders in Breslau.
Organs (selection)
Michael Engler d. J. built around 40 organs, four of them with three manuals . Organs have been preserved in Olomouc (Olmütz) in Moravia, Krzeszów ( Grüssau ), Pasikurowice (Paschkerwitz) in Lower Silesia and Kije (previously Reichenstein) in Heiligkreuz, as well as an attributed one in Święciechowa (Schwetzkau), each in bold.
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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| 1719 | Oels (Oleśnica) | Castle Church of St. John, today a basilica | Rebuilding for 430 thalers, then some modifications and extensions, parts of the prospectus and the organ of the 17th / 18th century. Century. | |||
| 1720/21 | Oels (Oleśnica) | Evangelical provost church, today the church of St. Marien and Georg | I / P | 12 | first known new building, received 210 thalers for prospectus; 1939 restoration by Sauer , destroyed in 1945 | |
| 1721/22 | Wroclaw (Wroclaw) | St. Jerome | ||||
| 1721/22 | Mittelwalde (Międzylesie) | church | ||||
| 1721/22 | Zindel (Grodków) | church | ||||
| 1722/24 | Wroclaw (Wroclaw) | St. Salvator | Destroyed by fire in 1854 | |||
| 1723 | Karoschke (Kuraszków) | Protestant church | ||||
| 1723/24 | Bielwiese, Wohlau district | Protestant church | ||||
| 1723/25 | Ohlau (Oława) | Polish Church | ||||
| 1725 | Hünern , District of Trebnitz, (Psary) | Protestant church | ||||
| 1725 | Peterwitz, District of Trebnitz, | Protestant church | ||||
| 1725/26 | Trebnitz (Trzebnica) | Protestant church | extension | |||
| 1724/30 | Brieg (Brzeg) | St. Nikolai , Protestant | III / P | 52 | ||
| 1728 | Linden near Brieg | church | ||||
| 1732 | Doberle, Oels district | church | ||||
| 1732/36 | Grüssau (Krzeszów) | Mariengnade monastery church |
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III / P | 53 (50?) | 1873/74 reconstruction by Schlag & Söhne, 2007 restoration and reconstruction of the Engler organ by Jehmlich - organ |
| 1733 | Posen (Poznan) | Dominican Church | ||||
| 1734 | Müglitz (Mohelnice), North Moravia | church | ||||
| 1734 | Reichenstein (Zloty Stok) | Protestant church | I / P | 14th | New or reconstruction, inscription Michael Engler Organ and Instrument Builder from Breslau 1734, around 1900/10 expansion of Schlag & Söhne to II / P, 19 with pneumatic action, 9 Engler registers and prospectus preserved, after 1946 sold to Kije , Woj . Heiligkreuz, 2000 restoration | |
| 1736/37 | Mühlwitz, district of Oels | church | ||||
| 1736/39 | Cost (Kościan) | church | ||||
| 1737 | Schwanowitz, district of Brieg | church | ||||
| 1737 | Oels (Oleśnica) | Catholic Church | ||||
| 1737 | Groß-Hammer, Trebnitz district | church | ||||
| 1739 | Wroclaw (Wroclaw) | Burial church | ||||
| 1740-1745 | Olomouc (Olomouc), Moravia | St. Mauritius |
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III / P | 44 | 1959–1971 expanded to V / P, 135, since then the largest organ in the Czech Republic - organ |
| 1741-1747 | Poznań (Poznan) | Franciscan Church of St. Anthony of Padua | II / P | 35 | received 3,320 thalers, burned in 1945 with the nave | |
| 1746-1752 | Schwetzkau (Święciechowa) ??? | St. Jacob Church | 28 | assumed authorship of Engler, received | ||
| 1749 | Paschkerwitz (Pasikurowice) | Catholic Church, today St. Joseph | I / P | 14th | 1839 Reconstruction by Robert Müller from Breslau, received | |
| 1750/61 | Wroclaw (Wroclaw) | St. Elisabeth |
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III / P | 54 | 1976 destroyed by fire, rededication of the organ gallery in 2018, reconstruction of the organ planned (photo model) |
literature
Essays
- Rudolf Walter: The organ builder Michael Engler dJ, Breslau . In: Acta Organologica 26, 1998, pp. 217-242, in detail
- Walter Kwasnik: The Silesian Baroque organ builder Michael Engler d. J. In: Instrument building magazine . Volume 14. 1960, p. 86.
Lexicon article
- Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (Eds.): The organ. To encyclopedia. Routledge, New York 2006. ISBN 0-415-94174-1 . P. 182f.
- Gerhard Scheuermann: Michael Engler the Younger . In: Schlesische Lebensbilder. Volume 6, 1990
- Hans Klotz : Engler, Michael the Younger. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 533 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Arrey von Dommer: Engler . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 145.
Web links
- Michał Engler młodszy i jego organy (Michael Engler the Younger and his organs) detailed representations with many photos (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the organ of the castle church / Basilica Oleśnica (Polish)
- ^ Krzeszów, Cathedral of the Assumption Jehmlich organ building, with disposition and detailed excerpts from the Festschrift
- ↑ Krzeszów, Bazylika Wniebowżęcia NMP Musicam Sacram, with history and disposition (Polish)
- ↑ Kreszów Bazylika Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, with history and disposition (Polish)
- ↑ Registration instructions for Grüssau approx. 1780 Walcker Foundation (pdf)
- ^ Disposition in the collection of some news items from famous organ works in Germany . Carl Gottfried Meyer, Breslau 1757, further dispositions p. 13 , 20, 65, 75, 90
- ↑ Franciscan Church Poznań Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, history with historical disposition (Polish)
- ↑ History of the Organ Paschkerwitz.de, with audio samples (German)
- ↑ Reports 2018 Opus Organi (German)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engler, Michael the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in Silesia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1688 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breslau , Principality of Breslau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1760 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |