Nicolaus Jantzon
Nicolaus Jantzon (also Nicolaus Jentzen ; * 1720 ; † 1791 ) was a German organ builder who created important baroque organs in Lithuania and Belarus .
Life
Nicolaus Jantzon probably came from Hamburg or its surroundings. In 1752 he was involved in work on the organ in the Lutheran Church in Vilnius under Gerhard Arend cell . In the following year he married his daughter Anna Elisabeth, in 1761 he took over the workshop of his father-in-law after his death. In the following years he created important organs in Lithuania and what is now Belarus.
Works (selection)
Only three organs are certain in the St. Bernard Church in Vilnius, in Braslaw and in Troškūnai of Jantzon. All other works are attributions based on a similar design. In Lithuanian research today it is considered possible that some of these works could only come from his environment.
The organs in Budslau and Tytuvėnai , as well as brochures in the Bernardine Church , the Church of St. John and the Cathedral in Vilnius, have been preserved.
year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Assignment | Remarks |
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1762-1763 | Linkuva | Church of St. Maria Scapula | II | 21st | Attribution | Prospectus received | |
1762-1764 | Vilnius | St. Franziskus Church (formerly St. Bernard Church) | II / P | 31 | Documented | Prospectus received, end of the 19th century. New building by Radavičius | |
1763-1764 | Vilnius | St. John | II / P | 22nd | Attribution | Prospectus preserved, originally for the Jesuit church in Polotsk , moved to Vilnius in 1831, new building by Rimantas Gučas (III / P, 64) in 1984/2000 | |
1768 | Vilnius | St. Franziskus Church (formerly St. Bernard Church) | I. | 8th | Attribution | Positive , new building in 1984 with historical planning by Gučas | |
1780-1785 | Vilnius | cathedral | II | 20th | Attribution | Prospectus preserved, originally in the Augustinian Church in Vilnius, implemented in 1859, new building by Schuke (III / P, 49) in 1969 | |
1781-1783 | Budslau , Belarus | Bernardine monastery church | II | 21st | inscription | preserved, inscription Nicolaus Jantzon 1781 17 maey | |
1787-1789 | Troškūnai | former Bernardine monastery church | II | 23 | Documented | not received | |
1789 | Tytuvėnai | former Bernardine monastery church | II | 25th | Attribution | without pedal |
literature
- Girėnas Povilionis: Formation, origins and influence of Lithuanian baroque organ heritage and organbuilder Nicolaus Jantzon's legacy. In: International Journal of Heritage and Substainable Development. No. 3/1. 2013. pp. 21–38, here pp. 31–38. PDF
Web links
- Nicolaus Jantzon vargonai.com (Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Martin Rost : Organ Baroque in Vilnius. In: Ars Organi . Issue 33. 2007. p. 61 , with three original dispositions in Vilnius
- ↑ University Church of St. Johannes Organ Index (German)
- ^ Vilnius, Cathedral of St. John Organ Index
- ↑ Tytuvėnai, St. Mary's Monastery Church Organ index, with disposition
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jantzon, Nicolaus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jentzen, Nicolaus; Jantzen, Nicolaus; Janson, Nicolaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in Lithuania |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1720 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1791 |