Organs in china

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There have been more than 30 organs in China since the destruction after the 1949 revolution .

history

The Sheng mouth organ is one of the oldest traditional instruments in China and has been known for more than 3000 years. The pai xiao pan flute is also very old.

The oldest record of an organ of European design in what is now China, which the Jesuits brought to the Portuguese colony of Macau , is known from the year 1600 . Other instruments followed as gifts for regional rulers or for use in mission churches. These were probably very small, positives or portatives . 30 organs are known by 1800. By 1939 there were over 110, mostly in Protestant and Catholic churches.

After the revolution of 1949, all organs in the People's Republic of China were destroyed, but most of them were preserved in the British colony of Hong Kong. New ones have been built there since 1975, first for churches, then also for concert halls. In 1989 the Pipe Organ in China Project was founded at the Baptist University there , which was dedicated to researching organs in China. In 2018 it was disbanded after the work was completed.

In 1989 the first organ in the People's Republic of China was built in Beijing , and since then numerous new instruments have been made in the country.

Organs (selection)

Existing organs

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal. The sorting is done according to location, the names of the buildings are given in English.

Province, place building year Organ builder image register Manuals Remarks
Beijing (Peking) Concert Hall 1989 Rieger-Kloss, CZ 60 IV / P First organ in the People's Republic
Beijing China National Radio Reichenstein organ building, D 50 III / P
Beijing, Dong Tang East Cathedral (St. Josephs Wangfujing) 2012 Rieger-Kloss
Beijing Music Hall, Zhongshan Park 1999 Austin Organs 53 III / P
Beijing Golden Sail Concert Hall, School No. 35 2015 Johannes Klais Organ Builder , D 45 III / P
Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall 2006 Johannes Klais organ building 113 IV / P
Beijing Xicheng National Grand Theater 2007 Johannes Klais organ building 90 IV / P
Beijing Youth Concert Hall, Fang Zhuang Kenneth Jones III / P Main organ
Beijing Youth Concert Hall, Fang Zhuang Kenneth Jones II / P Continuo organ
Beijing Zhongshan Park Music Hall Austin Organs 63 III / P
Fuzhou Flower Lane Church 2017 Rieger organ building 45 III / P
Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall 1995 Rieger-Kloss, CZ 84 or 82 IV / P
Gulangyu Xianmen Organ Museum 1890 Hutchings 103 IV / P Great organ, 7,340 pipes; Works by Casavant, unknown, Wakeley, Rieger most recently in 2018
Hangzhou Grand Theater Music Hall 2006 Rieger organ building 47 III / P
Hefei Grand Theater 2010 Casavant Frères , CAN 60 IV / P Great organ
Hefei Grand Theater 2010 Casavant Frères 6th II / P small organ
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 1986 Rieger organ building , 41 IV / P
Hong Kong Chinese University 2000 Johannes Klais organ building 14th II / P
Hong Kong Cultural Center 1989 Rieger organ building 93 IV / P
Nanjing Jiangsu Grand Theater 2017 Rieger organ building 92 IV / P
Nanning , Guangxi Concert Hall 2018 Johannes Klais organ building 64 IV / P
Shanghai Oriental Art Center 2005 Rieger organ building 88 V / P
Shenzhen Guandong Culture Center 2007 Rieger organ building 87 V / P
Zhengzhou Henan Art Center 2008 Rieger organ building 39 III / P
Zhuhai , Guandong Convention Center 2014 Johannes Klais organ building 55 III / P

literature

  • David Francis Urrows: Keys to the Kindom. The History of the Pipe Organ in China (= Leuven Chinese Studies XXXVIII) . Leuven, 2017
  • Martin Gimm : A western pipe organ in China during the Mongol period, in: Journal of the German Oriental Society, 162, no. 2, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2012, pp. 439–456

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pipe Organ in China Project website