Organs of the Eger Cathedral

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The organs of the Cathedral of St. John and Michael are historical organs. The main organ was built by Ludwig Mooser in 1864 and then expanded several times. With 99 sounding stops on five manuals and pedal , it is one of the largest in Hungary .

Organs of the Eger Cathedral
General
place Cathedral of St. John and Michael
Organ builder Ludwig Mooser , u. a.
Construction year 1864–
Last renovation / restoration 1912 Angster
1964
2001 Vánad and son
epoch romance
Organ landscape Hungary
Illustrations
Eger Cathedral St. Johannes interior organ 1.JPG
Technical specifications
Number of registers 99
Number of manuals 5

Antecedent

According to a record, the cathedral at that time had an organ as early as 1275, this is the first credible written record of an organ in Hungary. The instrument (probably a block organ) existed until the end of the 15th century. At the turn of the century, but no later than 1503, the Pauline monk Brother Georg built a positive that was destroyed by lightning strikes in 1506. Then an organ of the master Jakab Neuhardt from Buda came to the cathedral, it was brought to Kassa ( Košice ) in 1580 because of the Turkish attacks . After the city of Eger was liberated from Turkish rule, the main Turkish mosque first served as the cathedral for a few years and then, from 1699, the Saint Michael Church. A 12-part organ was installed in this church, whose builder and further fate are unknown. In 1717 a new baroque cathedral was completed, in which an unknown master built a 24-voice baroque organ. Soon an even larger and more monumental cathedral, the one that stands today, was built, in which, for financial reasons, the organ from the previous cathedral was temporarily moved and installed. One of the most famous masters of the era, the creator of the organ in the Esztergom basilica , Ludwig Mooser, was commissioned to build a new organ in 1857 .

Main organ

history

The main organ was completed in 1864 by Ludwig Mooser (Lajos Mooser). On August 20, 1864, the feast of St. Stephen I , the Archbishop blessed them. The ceremony, conducted by Ferenc Zsasskovszky, was celebrated in the rite benedicendi novum organum . The main organist Endre Zsasskovszky played his own composition on the organ, as well as variations of the melody Oh, where are the shimmering stars of the Hungarians? ( Ah, get vagy, magyarok tündöklő csillaga? )

In parallel to the construction work on the main organ, Mooser moved the old baroque organ case into the Minorite Church and installed a new, 17-part organ in it .

The organ was officially handed over only on November 20, 1864, as the Eger magazine reported on that day: "Organ handover and inspection: The new main organ of the church will be finally handed over by the organist Mooser Lajos today at 10 a.m. and checked by experts". A few pages further on in the same newspaper you can read: “Salzburg master organ builder and honorary citizen of Eger invites those to whom he himself, or to whom his employees owe something, should appear in the lyceum [and assert their claims] because he is closing his business and will leave. "

For daily use Mooser had built a separate console with twelve registers , with which the registers of the second manual and the pedal of the large organ were played. The organ had a total of 53 registers on three manuals and a pedal.

I. Manual C–
Principal 16 ′
Gamba major 16 ′
Octav 8th'
Coppel 8th'
Ripen flute 8th'
Quintatön 8th'
Quint Major 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 4 ′
Forest flute 4 ′
Födött 4 ′
Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Piccolo 2 ′
Cornett III
Rauschwerk X
Cimbel III
Trumpet 8 ′ + 8 ′
Cello con Hautboit 8th'
II. Manual C–
Quintatön 16 ′
Praestant 8th'
Coppel 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Viola di gamba 8th'
Octava 4 ′
Flute d'Amour 4 ′
Hollow flute 4 ′
Angusta 4 ′
Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Flageolet 2 ′
Acuta V
III. Manual C–
Bourdon 8th'
Night horn 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Octava 4 ′
Flauto Traverso 4 ′
viola 4 ′
Dolce 4 ′
Flauto 4 ′
Flautino 2 ′
Eoline 8th'
Pedal C–
Infrabass 32 ′
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon bass 16 ′
Bourdon 16 ′
Quint Major 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octavbass 8th'
Flute bass 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Compensum 8 ′ + 8 ′
Trumpet 32 ′
Bombardon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

The organ was difficult to play, the console was faulty. Mooser was still planning improvements himself, but he could no longer implement them himself. After his death in 1882, Franz Rieger was entrusted with repairs; he was also unable to solve the problem satisfactorily.

In 1912, the Angster company carried out extensive renovations. The stop action was pneumatically converted and the number of stops increased to 60. During further renovations in 1964 this was increased to 95 (100), the gaming table was electrified. The company Váradi and Son restored the organ in 2001.

Current disposition

The organ now has 99 (104) registers on five manuals and a pedal.

Pedal mechanism I. POSITIVE WORK II. MAIN PLANT III. SWELL IV. SWELL POSITIVE WORK V. BOMBARDWORK
1. Principal bass 32 '

2nd resultant bass 64 '

3rd double bass 16 '

4th violon bass 16 '

5. Subbass 16 '

6. Echobass 16 '

7. Sesquialtera 1o 2 / 3  '+ 6 3 / 5  '

8. Open bass 8 '

9. Tube bare 8 '

10th night horn 8 '

11. Rohrnasat 5 1 ⁄ 3  '

12. Choral flute 4 '

13th horn 4 '

14.Locatio 4 x 3 1 ⁄ 5  '

15. Dolkan 2 '

16. Rauschbass 4 x 2 '

17. Sourdon 32 '

18. Bombard 32 '

19. Bombard 16 '

20th tuba 8 '

21. Clarion 4 '

22. Singing Cornett 2 '

23. Night horn 8 '

24th flute 8 '

25th Quintadena 8 '

26. Salicional 8 '

27th octave 4 '

28. Reed flute 4 '

29.Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  '

30. Principal 2 '

31. Flute 2 '

32nd third 1 3 ⁄ 5  '

33. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  '

34. Octave 1 '

35. Mixture 4-6 x 1 '

36th quint cymbal 3 x 1 ⁄ 4 '

37.Sourdon 16 '

38. Krummhorn 8 '

39. Shelf 4 '

40th grand priest 16 '

41. Large-sized 16 '

42. Principal 8 '

43. Gemshorn 8 '

44. double flute 8 '

45. Cornett 3-5 x 8 '

46. ​​Octave 4 '

47. Recorder 4 '

48. Principal quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  '

49.Superoctave 2 '

50. Mixture 5 x 2 '

51. Cymbal 4 x 1 '

52.Bassoon 16 '

53rd Trumpet 8 '

54. Clarion 4 '

55th Quintadena 16 '

56. Flute Principal 8 '

57 Swiss flute 8 '

58. coupling flute 8 '

59th violon 8 '

60. Eol harp 8 '+ 8'

61. Italian principal 4 '

62. Transverse Flute 4 '

63. viol flute 4 '

64. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  '

65. Cornett 9 x 2 2 ⁄ 3  '

66. Hollow flute 2 '

67. Night horn 2 '

68.Block third 1 3 ⁄ 5  '

69. Larigot 1 3 ⁄ 5  '

70th September 1 1 ⁄ 7  '

71.Wide flute 1 '

72.Bell whistle 1 ⁄ 2 '

73. Mixture 5 x 2 '

74th third cymbal 3 x 1 ⁄ 6 '

75. Musette 16 '

76. Trumpet harm. 8th'

77. Oboe 8 '

78. Vox humana 8 '

79. Clarion 4 '

80. Lovingly Dacked 16 '

81. Violin Principal 8 '

82.Double folded 8 '

83. reed flute 8 '

84. Viola di gamba 8 '

85. Gemshorn 4 '

86.Swiss pipe 4 '

87. Gem-fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  '

88.Sesquialtera 2 2 ⁄ 3  '+ 1 3 ⁄ 5  '

89th forest flute 2 '

90. Mixture 4 x 1 1 ⁄ 3  '

91. cymbal 3 x 1 ⁄ 2 '

92. Rankett 16 '

93. Horn 8 '

94. Clarinet 8 '

95. Shawm 4 '

96.Bombard 16 '

97.Bombard 8 '

98.Bombard 4 '

99. Cornett 5 x 5 1 ⁄ 5  '

Bells

P + I

P + II

P + III

P + IV

P + V

P + II sup.

P + III sup.

tremolo

Nightingale

Zimbelstern

I + III

I + IV

I + V

I + Ill sup.

I + II disc.

Bells

II + I

II + III

II + IV

II + V

II + III sub.

II + III sup.

II + II sup.

II + V sup.

II + I disc.

Bells

tremolo

III + IV

III + V

III + III sub.

III + III sup.

Bells

tremolo

IV + V

V + V sup.
Remarks
  1. ↑ Principal 32 '+ Grand Quint 21 1 ⁄ 3  '

Choir organ

In 1838 Mátyás Rudassy built after Lajos moosers plans a six-part, single-manual, pedal-less small organ for the choir of Sanctuarium . This choir organ was renewed in 1881 by the Rieger company . In 1910 the Angster organ factory built a new choir organ (two manuals and pedal, 10 registers), while the Mooser / Rudassy instrument by organ builder István Cseh was brought to the church in Egerbakta.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kilián Szigeti: Régi magyar orgonák (Old Hungarian Organs) - Eger . Zeneműkiadó, Budapest 1982, ISBN 963-330-229-3 , pp. 9-13, 27-31 .
  2. ↑ Organ with the disposition of the time
  3. ↑ Eger. Retrieved December 17, 2017 (Hungarian). At the end of the first column
  4. ^ Kilián Szigeti: Régi magyar orgonák (Old Hungarian Organs) - Eger . Zeneműkiadó, Budapest 1982, ISBN 963-330-229-3 , pp. 31 .
  5. ↑ Eger. Retrieved December 18, 2017 (Hungarian). Right column, second message
  6. ↑ Lyceum, Eger
  7. ↑ Mooser Lajos. November 20, 1864, accessed December 18, 2017 (Hungarian).
  8. ↑ Eger Bazilika. Orgona (Hungarian), most explicitly in: hu: Az egri bazilika orgonája with current disposition
  9. ^ Kilian Szigeti: Régi magyar orgonák Eger ("Old Hungarian organs, Eger"). Zenemekiadó, Budapest.