Organs of the St. Verena monastery church (red on the red)

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Organs of the St. Verena monastery church (red on the red)
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General
place St. Verena Monastery Church (red on the red)
Organ builder Johann Nepomuk Holzhey
Construction year 1793
Last renovation / restoration 1989 by Klais
epoch 18th century
Organ landscape Upper Swabia
Technical specifications
Number of pipes 2,681
Number of registers 36
Number of rows of pipes 58
Number of manuals 3
Number of 32 'registers -
Number of 64 'registers -
Others
Eminent organists

Franz Raml

The main organ of the monastery church St. Verena in Rot an der Rot , completed in 1793 , is one of four three-manual large organs built by Johann Nepomuk Holzhey . The smaller choir organ from 1787 is also made by Holzhey. The St. Verena monastery church was rebuilt and equipped from 1777 to 1786, during the tenure of Abbots Mauritius Moritz and Willebold Held.

Main organ

Building history

Soon after the completion of the church, Holzhey first built a choir organ in 1787 and soon afterwards the main organ. The case was completed in 1789, the entire organ probably not until 1793. Several work on the organ in the 19th and 20th centuries changed it, but not as much as elsewhere.

During the 19th and 20th centuries the organ was repaired, rebuilt and changed several times. In its basic structure, the instrument remained largely untouched; compared to the other three large organs of Holzhey, the identity of the monastery church organ has been preserved most of the time.

Between 1986 and 1989 the instrument was extensively restored by the organ builders Klais (Bonn) and Bier (Giengen); the (existing) original arrangement of the organ remained untouched. Wind chests , action , inlaid console , parts of the bellows and the pipes remained largely true to the original.

Disposition since 1793

The main organ has 36 registers (a total of 58 rows of pipes) on three manual works and a pedal ( slider chests ). The registers of the Echowerk (3rd manual) are divided into bass and treble side. The play wind is generated by four wedge bellows (one of which is original). The playing and stop actions are mechanical. The original game table stands free with a view of the altar. The arrangement of the organ is as follows:

I main work C – f 3
1. Prestant 16 ′ H
2. Principal 8th' H
3. Copel 8th' H
4th Waldflöt (from g 0 ) 8th'
5. Violoncello 8th'
6th viola 8th' H
7th Octav 4 ′ H
8th. Whistle 4 ′ H
9. Cornet IV 4 ′ H
10. Mixture V-VI 2 ′ H
11. Cimbl V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ H
12. Trumpet 8th'
13. Dus clarinet 8th'
14th Claron 4 ′
II Positive C – f 3
15th Principal 8th' H
16. Flautravers (from g 0 ) 8th' H
17th Drone 8th' H
18th Octav 4 ′ H
19th Pointed flutes 4 ′ H
20th Field flutes I – II 4 ′ H
21st Flageolet 2 ′
22nd Nazard IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ H
23. Hörnle II – III 2 ′ H
III echo C-fis 0 / g 0 -f 3
24. Copel B / D 8th' H
25th Ondamaris D. 8th' H
26th Fugara B / D 4 ′ H
27. Dulciana B / D 4 ′ H
28. Cornet IV D 4 ′ H
29 Nazard II B / D H
30th Vox humana B / D 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – a 0
31. Sub-bass 16 ′ H
32. Octave bass 8th' H
33. Violon bass 8th' H
34. Bombard 16 ′ H
35. Trumpet 8th'
36. Claron 4 ′
  • Coupling : Positiv-Hauptwerk (II / I), Tuttibass (I / P).
  • Tuning : FA Vallotti 1754, a 1 = 425 Hz
  • Remarks
H = Register received from Holzhey.

Choir organ

Organs of the St. Verena monastery church (red on the red)
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General
place St. Verena Monastery Church (red on the red)
Organ builder Johann Nepomuk Holzhey
Construction year 1787
Last renovation / restoration 1964
epoch 18th century
Organ landscape Upper Swabia
Technical specifications
Number of registers 14th
Number of manuals 1
Number of 32 'registers -
Number of 64 'registers -
Others
Eminent organists

Franz Raml

Building history

In 1785, under Abbot Willebold Held, Holzhey received the order for the smaller choir organ, which he completed in 1787. This originally two-manual organ with a free-standing console in the middle of the choir was completely rebuilt in 1964/65 after it had been reduced in size in 1835. The choir organ has fourteen registers on a manual and pedal.

Organists

Since 2000: Franz Raml (* 1964 in Straubing ) works as titular organist on the historical organ. He gives concerts as an organist and harpsichordist. He is also the artistic director of the Hassler Consort and the German Mozart Orchestra .

literature

  • Alfred Jäger: The Holzhey organ in the Rot an der Rot monastery church . Ed .: Catholic parish of St. Verena and Fördergemeinschaft Restaurierung Holzhey-Orgel Rot an der Rot. Fördergemeinschaft Restaurierung Holzhey-Orgel, Rot an der Rot. Red 1989.
  • Benedikt Stadelhofer: Historia imperialis et exemti Collegii Rothensis in Suevia . Augustae Vindelicorum, 1787.
  • Hans-Wolfgang Theobald : The Holzhey organ from 1793 in red on the red . In: Acta Organologica . tape 24 , 1994, pp. 269-358 .
  • Hermann Tüchle , Adolf Schahl: 850 years of red on the red. History and shape. New contributions to the church and art history of the Premonstratensian Imperial Abbey . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1976, ISBN 3-7995-4012-1 .

Recordings / sound carriers

Web links

Commons : St. Verena (Rot an der Rot)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '52.7 "  N , 10 ° 1' 46.7"  E