Organ of St. Martin (Memmingen)

Organ of St. Martin (Memmingen)
General
place	St. Martin (Memmingen)
Organ builder	Organ building Goll
Construction year	1998
epoch	20th century
Organ landscape	Upper Swabia
Technical specifications
Number of pipes	4,285
Number of registers	62
Number of rows of pipes	82
Number of manuals	4th
Wind chest	Slider drawer
Tone tract	Mechanically
Register action	Mechanical / electrical
Number of 32 'registers	2
Number of 64 'registers	0

The organ of St. Martin is located in the parish church of St. Martin in Memmingen in Upper Swabia . In its current form, this is a three-aisled basilica, begun around 1325 and completed around 1500, and the main church of the Evangelical Lutheran church district of Memmingen . There has been an organ in Martinskirche for over 500 years .

Today's organ was built in 1998 by Orgelbau Goll and is based on organs from the French Romantic era . It is not only played in church services, but also at concerts and master classes , and it is also often used to record sound carriers.

Building history

Late Gothic organ

The first organ in St. Martin was mentioned for the first time in 1453, acquired around 1400 and built in 1420 at the earliest, after completion of the main nave , on a swallow's nest gallery on the southern wall of the nave . Access was via a stair tower on the front, southern sign . The bellows were probably located in a chamber above the aisle. The organ was probably built as a block with a separately playable principal . It did not have to be changed during the subsequent construction work in St. Martin. The chronicler Jakob Friederich Unold reports that the organ was first played in a church service in 1478.

The first cantor was probably Friedrich Rebmann from Mainz . In 1500 the city hired the organist Albrecht Fischer, who was responsible for the organs in St. Martin and in the second parish church, Unser Frauen , until further notice . He was in each case to Quatember twelve pounds and ten shillings remunerated, but had the calcants pay themselves. In 1528 the organ was removed in the course of the Reformation in Memmingen , which at that time was oriented towards Ulrich Zwingli and his iconoclasm of the Reformation . The evangelical clergy of St. Martin wanted to organize the service with organ music again, which is why in 1568 they managed with a small positive . Its location at the time is not known.

New building by Andreas Schneider 1598/1599

The organ from 1598 (top left)

Since the iconoclasm during the Reformation, there has been no representative organ in the imperial city of Memmingen. After the pastors of the two parish churches had repeatedly vainly campaigned for the purchase of a new, large instrument since 1550, the council, under whose rule the churches had been since the Reformation, relented in 1597. He commissioned Andreas Schneider from Niederlausitz , who worked as an organ builder in Ulm , to build a new organ. Schneider, who lived in the town with his journeymen during the construction period in 1598/1599, received 5000 guilders for his work . The organ was placed on the swallow's nest of its predecessor. The case was richly gilded and decorated with carvings and many angel heads. On the central tower the case carried a statue of King David , which today stands on the parapet of the Goll organ. On the lid of the organ case there were portraits of the mayors Hartlieb, Keller and Funk, the parsonage and several other people. The paintings were probably attached to the parapets of the Rückpositiv . The double doors bore images of the Old Testament.

After completion, the Fugger court organist Hans Leo Haßler described the organ on November 21, 1599 as "successful". Two years later, however, errors were discovered that Schneider was able to correct. In 1681 Johannes Riegg repaired the organ. The following inscription could be read in a prospect pipe: "Johannes Riegg, organ maker and organist there, the organ work in Memmingen renov. The 1st hay month 1681". Riegg probably made no changes to the sound and only repaired the technology, although he demolished the instrument more than repaired it. The disposition from that time has not been preserved. In comparison with other works by Riegg, especially the one in Ulm Minster and the later revisions, it was probably structured as follows:

Main manual C – c 3 Principal 08th' Coppel 08th' Hohlflete 08th' Quinta tones 08th' Octav 04 ′ Rorflete 04 ′ Spitzflete 04 ′ Quint 03 ′ Super octave 02 ′ Hörnle II Mixture IV 01' Cymbalum IV 01 ⁄ 2 ′ Trombette 08th' Tremulant

Rückpositiv Principal 04 ′ Coppelflete 04 ′ Octav 02 ′ Spitzflete 02 ′ Quint 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′ Mixture III 01' Cymbalum II 0 01 ⁄ 2 ′ Humming horn 04 ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – h 1 Grand Principal 0 16 ′ Octave bass 08th' Grand Principal 04 ′ Harp IV 04 ′ Trombone bass 08th'

• Playing aids : check valves to the main manual and the return positive.

In 1656, city architect Knoll built a bridge- like or lettner-like gallery between the triumphal arch at the choir entrance and the first pair of pillars , presumably as a place for singers and instrumentalists who played alone or together with the organ, since the swallow's nest does not provide space for a large number of people bot. For the performance practice of the polychoral music popular at the time , it made sense to distribute musicians over several galleries. A small organ stood on this gallery until 1827, which was later brought to the children's teaching church and used there until 1874. It was probably made by master organ builder Siegmund Riegg .

The disposition was:

Main manual C – c 3 Cupel 08th' 0 Wood Principal 04 ′ 0 tin flute 04 ′ 0 Wood Cymbal 02 ′ 0 tin Salicinal 02 ' 0 tin mixture 03 ′ 0 tin

Repaired by Gabler in 1759

The organ statue

After Riegg's inadequate repairs, Joseph Gabler was commissioned to carry out another repair in 1758 , which took 15 months. Gabler also overhauled the organs in the Latin school and the Collegium musicum . All three repairs were estimated at 400 guilders in total , in the end they cost 1500 guilders, of which the city paid 1080. Two months later, at Gabler's request, the council paid another 30 guilders. During the repair, the disposition was modernized by inserting Gabler's typical sound elements. In the city archives you can read: “He probably repaired the organ and put it in perfect condition, so that it was a strange pleasure.” Johann Nepomuk Holzhey last overhauled the organ in 1778 for 433 guilders. After Memmingen had lost imperial freedom in 1802 and was incorporated into the Electorate of Bavaria in 1803 , St. Martin also became an Electorate under canon law.

In 1807 the organist Johann Konrad Ellmer, the organ builder Georg Rabus and the music director of the city, Georg von Unold, examined the large organ and came to the conclusion that it was in need of repair. They calculated an amount of 18 guilders for a makeshift repair and 140 guilders for an extensive repair, both of which, however, were rejected for reasons of cost. After the swallow's nest had become increasingly dilapidated, the parish decided in 1827 to give it up. It was dismantled in the same year and the organ was moved to the west wall of the main nave by Meinrad Dreher from Illereichen . Dreher repaired the entire instrument, added the two new pipe mills Bombard 16 'and Clairon 4' and removed the two tremulants , the check valve and the manual coupler built by Gabler . The bellows were patched and inconveniently placed under the roof of the aisle. The costs for relocation and repair amounted to 1200 guilders. The organ was played again for the first time on January 26, 1828, but in its new location no longer had the sound of the swallow's nest. The housing had to be rebuilt. Parts of the old prospectus were built into a baroque coffered ceiling in Illerfeld Castle in Volkratshofen . After the revision, the organ had the following disposition:

Main manual Principal 08th' Coppel 08th' Spitzflete 08th' Octav 04 ′ Super octave 02 ′ Sixth equals IV – VI 01' Mixture IV-V 01' Cymbalum IV – V 01' Tremulant (adagio)

Rückpositiv Quinta tones 08th' Principal 04 ′ Coppelflete 04 ′ Rohrflete 04 ′ Octav 02 ′ Spitzflete 02 ′ Mixture III 01' Cymbalum II 01' Trombette 08th' Hautbois 08th' Tremulant (Allegro)

pedal Prefix 16 ′ Drone bass 16 ′ Octave bass 08th' Violon Bass II 08th' Mixture Bass VII 04 ′ Trombone bass 0 08th'

• Coupling : RP / HW, HW / P.
• Playing aids : valve of the whole work, calcant bell .

Reconstruction by Samuel Friedrich Schäfer in 1845

The organ from 1845

In 1845 the organ on the west wall was rebuilt by Samuel Friedrich Schäfer from Wolfschlugen . Between April 15 and May 25, 1845, a positive was used by the church. The neo-Gothic prospectus of the rebuilt organ, which was completed in the summer of 1847, consisted of two case parts, each with three pointed-arched pipe fields, which were grouped sloping from the inside to the outside at the side of the window wall. The instrument was unusable, however, because Schäfer had not properly assembled the reused old registers and the newly developed cone chests. The conversion cost 4800 guilders for the organ and 400 guilders for the bellows chamber.

The disposition was structured as follows:

Main manual C – f 3 Quintatön 16 ′ Principal 08th' Coppel 08th' Pointed flute 08th' Viola da gamba 08th' Octav 04 ′ Super octave 02 ′ Sesquialter mixture 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′

Upper work Salicional 08th' Quintatön 08th' Principal 04 ′ 0 Double flute 04 ′ Dolce 04 ′ Octav 02 ′ Spitzflete 02 ′ mixture

Pedal C – c 1 Prefix 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ Violonbass 16 ′ Octave bass 08th' Violonbass 08th' Fifth bass 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trombone bass 0 16 ′ trombone 08th' Clairon 04 ′

New building by Walcker and Spaich in 1853

The organ from 1853

In 1853 a new organ was purchased. The neo-Gothic case and the organ were built by the Walcker und Spaich organ building workshop from Ludwigsburg , which had recently made a new organ for the Frauenkirche . During the organ rehearsal on July 11, 1853, the Augsburg conductor Karl Ludwig Drobisch described the instrument as "perfectly successful and masterful". The gallery had to be enlarged for the new organ, which cost 5700 guilders. Walcker took the old work in payment. With the new organ, organ music in the church came back into the public eye. The instrument was repaired by Steinmeyer in 1900 and a new fan was installed.

The organ had the following disposition:

Manual C – f 3 Principal 16 ′ Principal 08th' flute 08th' Gamba 08th' Salicional 08th' Dumped 08th' Octav 04 ′ Transverse flute 04 ′ Dumped 04 ′ Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Forest flute 02 ′ mixture 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Sharp 01' Trumpet 08th'

Manual Cf 3 Dumped 16 ′ Principal 08th' Darling Dumped 0 08th' Dolce 08th' harmonica 08th' Gemshorn 04 ′ viola 04 ′ Reed flute 04 ′ Octav 02 ′ Cornet V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Bassethorn 08th'

pedal Principal bass 0 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ Violon 16 ′ Octave bass 08th' Violon 08th' Octav 04 ′ trombone 16 ′ bassoon 08th'

Expansion by Ott in 1938

The organ from 1938

The expansion of the Walcker organ planned in 1924 was implemented in 1938 by Paul Ott from Göttingen . Hauptwerk, Schwellwerk and pedal had cone chests , the new Rückpositiv had slide chests . It was controlled by an electric action . The prospectus had to be changed due to the expansion. The neo-Gothic superstructures were given up in favor of a free pipe prospect . On a built-in gallery there were three pipe fields on the left and right, which sloped from the outside inwards. The middle was kept free so that the double gallery windows were visible. Behind the manuals stood the pedal whistles divided into C and C sharp drawers, descending in size from the inside out. Under the gallery, the Rückpositiv, which contained three groups of pipes in the shape of a W, was embedded in the center of the parapet.

The planning was structured as follows after the renovation:

manual Principal 16 ′ Principal 08th' Wooden flute 08th' Gamba 08th' Octav 04 ′ Smalled up 04 ′ Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octav 02 ′ Forest flute 02 ′ Mixture V-VI Sharp III Trumpet 16 ′ Trumpet 04 ′ Trumpet 08th'

Swell Quintad 16 ′ Principal 08th' Darling Dumped 08th' Dolce 08th' Principal 04 ′ Gemshorn 04 ′ Reed flute 04 ′ Hollow flute 02 ′ Mixture V bassoon 16 ′ Dulcian 08th' Tremulant

Rückpositiv Principal 08th' Wooden dacked 08th' Octav 04 ′ recorder 04 ′ Sif flute 02 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Night horn 01' Scharff IV Rankett 16 ′ Krummhorn 08th' shelf 04 ′ Tremulant

pedal Principal bass 0 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ Octave bass 08th' Dumped 08th' Octav 04 ′ Mixture V trombone 16 ′ bassoon 16 ′ bassoon 08th' Trumpet 04 ′ cornet 02 ′

• Pairing : normal pairing.
• Zimbelstern

New building by Walcker in 1962

The organ from 1962 shortly before its demolition

After the congregation wanted a larger instrument, planning for a new organ began in the early 1960s. In 1962 the community commissioned the Walcker company from Ludwigsburg to build a new organ at the previous location on the west wall. The large windows behind were bricked up for this. The old organ including the prospectus was removed and destroyed. The new prospectus was divided into 14 rectangular pipe fields, which were enclosed in boxes, and three lamellar fields for the swell box . The prospectus draft came from the architect Wolfgang Gsaenger . The middle was three-storey, below the swell, above the three-axis main structure with a low center, at the top a five-axis upper structure. The two lower levels were connected to the high pedal towers by small intermediate fields. Because a lot of plywood , chipboard and foam was used in the construction of the organ , the sound and durability were not in good order and the instrument had to be replaced with a new one some 35 years later. The disposition at that time was:

I Kronwerk Cg 3 Lead-covered 08th' Quintadena 08th' Prefix 04 ′ Night horn 04 ′ Octave 02 ′ Small cornet III 0 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sextan 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′ + 8 ⁄ 11 ′ Zimbel IV – V 01' Rankett 16 ′ tremolo

II major work Pommer 16 ′ Principal 08th' Reed flute 08th' Gemshorn 08th' Great Sesquialtera II 0 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave 04 ′ Smalled up 04 ′ Intoxicating fifth II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Schwiegel 02 ′ Mixture VI – VIII Scharff IV Trumpet 08th' Clairon 04 ′

III swell Flute Principal 08th' Willow pipe 08th' Darling Covered 08th' Fifth flute 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Principal 04 ′ Coupling flute 04 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Forest flute 02 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sif flute 01' None 08 ⁄ 9 ′ Spicy mixture V – VII Dulcian 16 ′ oboe 08th' Rohrschalmey 04 ′ tremolo

pedal Pedestal 32 ′ Principal bass 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ String bass 16 ′ Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave bass 08th' Covered bass 08th' Choral bass III 04 ′ Pommer 04 ′ Cane quintad 02 ′ Bass Cornet IV 0 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Mixture VI 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Octave Cornet 2 ′ + 1 ′ + 4 ⁄ 5 ′ Sordun 16 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 08th' Clarine 04 ′

Slider chests, mechanical action.

New building by Goll in 1998

Construction of the new organ

Insertion of the organ pipes into the finished case

View of the organ from the gallery

In 1991 a new organ concept was worked out in the parish because the previous instrument could no longer be repaired. A large modern organ was to be installed at the previous location on the west wall. The weak response of the 72 meter long and 20 meter high church interior made it necessary to design the bass and midrange ranges to be powerful and yet variable. It was decided to purchase a symphonic organ based on the French model. The members of the parish were involved in the organ project, as the church council offered trips to the five possible organ builders. The new organ from Goll was inaugurated on November 8, 1998. It cost 2.2 million  DM ; Of this, 2 million DM were financed with donations and around 200,000 DM with public grants. The first installment was paid in 1994, the last with the inauguration of the organ in 1998.

The organ has four manuals and a pedal with a total of 62 registers and 4285 pipes. It occupies the west facade from the first gallery with the exception of the part above the bridal gate. The housing has a simple shape that sets a strong architectural accent through the untreated oak wood. It is 9.10 meters wide, 13.9 meters high and only 2.80 meters deep. The rising barrels of the labial pipes create a strong vertical effect that is particularly noticeable in the positive fields. The Gothic movement "skyward" is counterpointed by the veil boards, which imitate a roof-like movement. No field is the same. There are also tapering and tapering tips and small tower attachments. These style elements are simple, modern transfers of Gothic elements.

Hauptwerk, Pedal and Positiv are recognizable from the outside, Récit and Bombardwerk are housed inside the case. The swell with 18 registers stands behind the ornamental grille between the positive and main work. The three high-pressure tongues of the solo work are attached to the top behind the main work. They were built as English tubes so that they develop their power from the fundamental and do not appear superimposed on the sound due to sharpness rich in overtones. This movement structure made it possible to build the action with one arm and with a minimum of angles and deflections. The simple action guidance with little mass and low friction losses makes it possible that all couplers could be built purely mechanically. There are no barker levers or balancers . Nevertheless, the work with coupled manuals can be used for romantic-virtuoso playing. All plants have slider chests . The fan is driven by wind motors that feed two separate wind circuits. The stop action is also purely mechanical. The easy-to-grasp stops make it possible to pull out three or four stops at once. The additionally built-in typesetting system with four by eight combinations on 99 levels has a floppy disk drive with which registrations can be saved and retrieved. So it was possible to make the gaming table very simple. In addition to the setter bar under the first manual, there are only the four pedal couplings and sequencer forwards and backwards as kicks.

The organ loft has space for around 70 choirs or a larger orchestra. The parapet is demarcated with thin wire ropes. The backrests of the benches in the front nave of the church can be folded down. At organ concerts, around 300 listeners can sit so that they can see the instrument and player.

The staircase surrounds a column on which the King David figure is located, which was already part of the Swallow's Nest Organ from 1598. In the “loudspeaker grille” of the outer doors of the case there are three figures each depicting organ building activities. They were created by the Lucerne art carver Vreni Tscholitsch according to plans by Jakob Schmidt . The disposition was developed by the organ experts Thomas Rothert and Hans-Eberhard Roß together with Beat Grenacher. An individual arrangement was implemented, even though the sound was based on the Cavallié-Colls organs due to the church's weak bass acoustics .

Organ concerts and symphony concerts with organ accompaniment take place throughout the year. Numerous recordings were made on it.

Disposition since 1998

Free standing cornet

View inside the organ

I main work C – c 4 01. Prefix 16 ′ 02. Principal 08th' 03. Double flute 08th' 04th Covered 08th' 05. Viol 08th' 06th octave 04 ′ 07th flute 04 ′ 08th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 09. octave 02 ′ 10. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 11. Cymbel IV 01' 12. Cornett V 08th' 13. bassoon 16 ′ 14th Trumpet 08th' 15th Clarine 04 ′ Tremblant

II Positive C-c 4 16. Montre 08th' 17th Flûte à fuseau 08th' 18th Salicional 04 ′ 19th Prestant 04 ′ 20th Flûte à cheminée 04 ′ 21st Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 22nd Flageolet 02 ′ 23. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 24. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 25th Fittings IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 26th Ranquette 16 ′ 27. Trumpets 08th' 28. Cromorne 08th' Tremblant

III Récit C – c 4 29 Bourdon 16 ′ 30th diapason 08th' 31. Cor de nuit 08th' 32. Flûte harmonique 08th' 33. Viol 08th' 34. Voix céleste 08th' 35. Viole 04 ′ 36. Flûte octaviante 04 ′ 37. Nasard harmonique 0 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 38. Octavine 02 ′ 39. Tierce harmonique 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 40. Piccolo 01' 41. Plein jeu harm. II-V 02 ′ 42. Bombard 16 ′ 43. Trumpet harm. 08th' 44. Hautbois 08th' 45. Voix humaine 08th' 46. Clairon harmonique 04 ′ Tremblant

IV Solo C – c 4 47. Tuba magna 16 ′ 48. Tuba mirabilis 08th' 49. Clairon 04 ′ Pedal C – g 1 50. Grand Bourdon 32 ′ 51. Contrebasse 16 ′ 52. Soubasse 16 ′ 53. Bass 08th' 54. Flute 08th' 55. Violoncello 08th' 56. Octave 04 ′ 57. Fittings IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 58. Contrebombarde 0 32 ′ 59. Bombard 16 ′ 60. trombone 16 ′ 61. Trumpets 08th' 62. Clairon 04 ′

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, IV / I, III / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P.
• Playing aids : Electronic typesetting system with sequence switch and floppy disk drive .

Technical specifications

Electric loop pull magnets

One of the magazine bellows with weight stones. In the background on the right two of the three existing tremulants

The console of the new organ

Abstract of the mechanical action mechanism in the organ

• 62 registers, 82 rows of pipes, 4285 pipes.
• Body length of the largest pipe: 4.80 meters.
• Body length of the smallest pipe: 15 mm.
• Weight of the organ: 16,000 kg.
• Housing / brochure:
  • Material: oak wood.
  • Height: 13.9 m.
  • Width: 9.10 m.
  • Depth: 3.72 m.
• Details of the electrical systems:
  • Voltage : 24 V
• Wind supply :
  • Fan: 2 wind motors
  • Air throughput: 28/15 m³, 120/135 WS.
  • Bellows: 5 pieces.
  • Main work: 80 mm.
  • Positive: 75 mm.
  • Récit: 90 mm.
  • Solo: 125 mm.
  • Pedal: 80 mm.
• Game table (s) :
  • Play closet
  • Pedal : parallel, double curved.
  • Register slides: plum wood with inlaid porcelain shield.
• Action :
  • Tone action: mechanical.
  • Stop action: mechanical and electrical (double action).
• Mood :
  • Altitude a ¹ = 440 Hz at 14 ° C.
  • Mood floating evenly .

Organists

• 1950: Hermann Pauli
• 1958–1990: Rudolf Ellwein (1927–2008)
• Since 1991: Hans-Eberhard Roß (* 1962)

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : The organs of St. Martin in Memmingen. In memoriam Walter Braun (1905–1977) . In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter 1987/1988 . Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei, 1990, ISSN  0539-2896 , p. 7-25 .
• Eberhard Roß: Symphonics in a Gothic guise: the new Goll organ from St. Martin in Memmingen . In: Organ International . Freiburg 1999, p. 404-407 .
• Hans Eberhard Roß: The Goll organ from St. Martin in Memmingen . In: Franz Josef Stoiber (ed.): Beautiful organs. Building history - sound - prospect design (=  283rd publication by the Society of Organ Friends ). Figaro, Laaber 2019, ISBN 978-3-946798-17-0 , pp. 172-179 .
• Wolfram Wienhold: The new Goll organ from St. Martin in Memmingen . In: The selection . tape 41 , issue 4, 1999, p. 6-8 .
• The organ of the St. Martin's Church in Memmingen . In: Ars Organi . tape 49 . Mettlach 2001, p. 112-113 .
• New Goll organ St. Martin Memmingen . In: Forum Church Music . Munich 1999, p. 103-104 .

Recordings / sound carriers

Sound sample: Charles-Marie Widor : Symphonie pour orgue N ° 5, F minor, op.42 No. 1 (1887) , 5th movement: Toccata (conclusion)

• The Goll organ of St. Martin in Memmingen. 1999, Organum OGM 990035, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays Gigout , Franck , Bach , Eben , Vierne , Widor ). Also published as Mon orgue c'est mon orchester.
• The great Goll organ in St. Martin Memmingen. 1999, IFO records 00045, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Eben, Franck, Pierné, Vièrne and Bach).
• Jan Welmers - Minimal Music for Organ. 2000, Audite aud 97.474, CD ( Markus Goecke ).
• Spiritual Movement No. 1 at the Goll organ in St. Martin in Memmingen. 2002, Bebab Records Munich, CD ( Barbara Dennerlein ).
• Petr Eben - Das Orgelwerk Vol. 1. 2002, Motette-Ursina 12911, CD ( Gunther Rost plays Eben: Faust, Mutationes).
• Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ Vol. 1: Janes Parker-Smith At The Goll Organ Of St. Martin Memmingen 2003, Avie Records AV 0034, CD ( Jane Parker-Smith plays works by Lanquetuit , Boulnois , Mulet , Jongen , Whitlock , Demessieux , Bowen and Middelschulte ).
• César Franck : Complete Organ Works Vol. 1 - From Prodigy to Composer. 2004, Audite aud 91.518, 2 SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
• César Franck : Complete Organ Works Vol. 2 - Unrecognized Greatness. 2004, Audite aud 91.519, 2 SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
• César Franck : Complete Organ Works Vol. 3 - Fulfillment and Farewell. 2004, Audite aud 91.520, 2 SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
• Phantomes - An Organ Spectacular. 2004, Oehms OC 606, SACD ( Harald Feller plays works by Bach, Rossini / Lemare, Vierne, Rota, Williams / Feller, Schneider).
• César Franck. Jean Langlais. 2007, MDG 906 1437-6, SACD (Ulfert Schmidt).
• Marcel Dupré : Les vèpres de la Vierge. 2008, MOT 50854, SACD ( Harald Feller (organ), Cantando Praedicare Göttingen under the direction of Johanna Grüger).
• Fascination Organ 1. 2009, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Bach, Naujalis, Eben, Albéniz and Widor).
• Gloria. 2009, CD ( Hedwig Bilgram (organ) and Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet) play works by Bach, Purcell, Albinoni, Handel and Stanley, Caccini and Gounod).
• Memminger organ fireworks. 2009, Sunday paper , CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Bach, Widor, Boëllmann, Vierne and Langlais; part of the organ literature canon of the Sunday paper ).
• Six symphonies by Louis Vierne , CD, Audite-Verlag, organist Hans-Eberhard Roß , 2014

Movie

• The fascination of the organ - the Goll organ in St. Martin Memmingen. 1998, video production Scholz Memmingen, playing time 45 minutes, publisher: Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Martin Memmingen; Film clips .

Web links

Commons : Organ of St. Martin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Audio sample with a virtual tour of the organ part 1 , part 2
• Official website of the Goll organ in St. Martin
• Today's organ on the website of Orgelbau Goll

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chronicle of Friedrich Claus, published by Friedrich Döderlein in 1894, Memmingen
2. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas: The organs of St. Martin in Memmingen. In memoriam Walter Braun (1905–1977) . In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter 1987/1988 . Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei GmbH, 1990, ISSN  0539-2896 , p. 8 .
3. ^ ^{A b} Günther Bayer: Memmingen in historical pictures . Memminger Zeitung, Memmingen 1983, ISBN 3-9800649-1-3 , p. 119 .
4. ^ ^{A b} Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: The organs of St. Martin in Memmingen. In memoriam Walter Braun (1905–1977) . In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter 1987/1988 . Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei, 1990, ISSN  0539-2896 , p. 13 .
5. ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: The organs of St. Martin in Memmingen. In memoriam Walter Braun (1905–1977) . In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter 1987/1988 . Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei, 1990, ISSN  0539-2896 , p. 13/14 . according to a research by Gabler preserved in the city archives
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Quoted from Ludwig Mayr: Memminger Geschichtsblätter . tape 14 , no. 1 , 1928, pp. 5 .
7. ↑ Johannes Hoyer: Where to plant music. Materials on the history of the town of Memmingen, Series B: Research. Ed .: City Archives Memmingen, 2001, ISSN  1438-7336
8. ^ Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: The organs of St. Martin in Memmingen. In memoriam Walter Braun (1905–1977) . In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter 1987/1988 . Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei, 1990, ISSN  0539-2896 , p. 14 .
9. ^ Memminger Chronicle of Friedrich Clauss. Edited by Friedrich Döderlein. Memmingen 1894, p. 147.
10. ↑ Hans-Eberhard Roß: Fascination Organ. 0:12:58.
11. ↑ Information from the Memmingen dean's office
12. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hans-Eberhard Roß: Symphonics in a Gothic guise - The new Goll organ from St. Martin in Memmingen . Freiburg Music Forum, 1995, ISSN  1433-6464 , p. 440 .
13. ↑ The concert schedule. Retrieved March 3, 2009 . 
14. ↑ Memminger Zeitung of July 24, 2014, features section, page 25, A summit chain of organ music

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