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
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

1. ↑ cf. Martin Rost : Organ Baroque in Vilnius. In: Ars Organi . Issue 33. 2007. p. 61 , with three original dispositions in Vilnius
2. ↑ University Church of St. Johannes Organ Index (German)
3. ^ Vilnius, Cathedral of St. John Organ Index
4. ↑ Tytuvėnai, St. Mary's Monastery Church Organ index, with disposition