Nikolaus Müller (organ builder)

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Nikolaus Müller (also: Nicolaus Müller ; * 1775 in Sulzfeld am Main ; † February 2, 1834 in Klagenfurt ) was a Carinthian master carpenter and piano and organ builder .

Life

Nikolaus Müller came from Sulzfeld am Main and settled in Klagenfurt at the beginning of the 19th century, where he registered a carpentry trade on October 25, 1808 . At the beginning he took on repairs of positives ("small organs") for the surrounding country churches, among other things, and then became increasingly active in building musical instruments , especially as a piano and organ builder. Müller made numerous pianos , positives and organs .

In the 1830s, the organ builder Josef Breinbauer , who was then on the move was worked in the workshop Nicolas Müller.

Nikolaus Müller was married and had several children. He died in February 1834 at the age of 58. One of his sons, Anton Müller , had also become an organ builder and continued to run his father's workshop after his father's death.

Afterlife

Some of the organs created by Nikolaus Müller are still preserved in various churches in Carinthia . A giraffe piano built by him is now part of the music collection of the Carinthian State Museum in Klagenfurt. The keyboard attachment board of the instrument bears the following signature : "Nikolaus Müller / bürgerlicher Orgl et Instrumentmacher / in Klagenfurt".

According to experts from the Carinthian Music Association , the son Anton Müller "[still] surpassed his father as an organ builder". Among other things, a publication from 2003 mentions the organ by Anton Müller in the parish church of St. Veit in Klein St . Veit referred.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oskar Eberstaller: Organs and Organ Builders in Austria. H. Böhlaus Nachf. , Graz 1955, p. 134 ( Viennese musicological contributions , vol. 1; online at Google books ).
  2. ↑ a b Musikverein Kärnten , Wilhelm Wadl, Alfred Ogris (eds.): From the music to the concert business. Festschrift 175 years of the Carinthian Music Association. Verlag des Kärntner Landesarchiv, Klagenfurt 2003, ISBN 3-900531-54-4 , p. 70 ( online at Google Books).
  3. ↑ a b Gerhard Croll (Ed.): Carinthia. Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-900270-17-1 , pp. 30–31 ( Musicologica Austriaca , Vol. 10; online at Google books).
  4. ^ Gerhard Croll (Ed.): Carinthia. Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-900270-17-1 , p. 31 ( Musicologica Austriaca , Vol. 10; online at Google books).
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Nikolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulzfeld am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1834
Place of death Klagenfurt