Paul Frölich (organ builder)

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Paul Frölich (* 1720 , † after 1774 ) was a German organ builder in Prussia and Courland .

Life

Paul Frölich came from Berlin . In 1759 he had an organ building workshop in Frauenburg in Warmia. From this one new organ and another attributed one is known. In 1759 a Daniel Frölich worked there. It is unclear whether this was a son or the same person.

In 1759 Paul Frölich had settled in Goldingen (Kuldīga) in Courland . From there he built several organs. The last work is known from 1774.

Organs (selection)

Six new buildings, one attribution, two repairs and one new building by Daniel Frölich are known by Paul Frölich , in Polish Prussia , Courland and Lithuania .

The brochures in Niedźwiedzica (Bärwalde) and Kończewice (Kunzendorf) have been preserved. These have two side towers with a lower center, which is unusual for Prussia at this time.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1753 Bärwalde (Niedźwiedzica), Polish Prussia Catholic Church, today Church of St. Jacob 10 Brochure received, 1914 remodeling by Wittek , restored in 2010
1755 Kunzendorf (Kończewice), Polish Prussia Catholic Church, today Church of the Assumption ? ? Prospectus preserved, attribution due to similar construction, in 1905 new building by Goebel (II / P, 12)
1759 Wusen (Osetno), Warmia church by Daniel Frölich from Frauenburg , destroyed by 1945 at the latest
1767 Alsėdžiai, Lithuania Catholic Church I. 10 not received
1769 Tuckum (Tukums), Courland Lutheran Church ? ? Replaced by C. Herrmann in 1859
1773-1774 Frauenburg (Saldus), Courland Lutheran Church I. 11 not received

Repairs

literature

  • Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca : History of organ building art in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume 1. Weidlich, Würzburg 1984. P. 297f.
  • Rimantas Gučas : Lietuvos vargonai: katalogas [Lithuanian organs. Catalog ]. Vilnius 2009. p. 86.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer: History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, 2015. pp. 131, 147.
  2. ↑ Kończewice organy.pro, organ (Polish), write-to Frolich by Renkewitz, Janca
  3. ^ Tukums, Lutheran Church, organ music.lv (Latvian)
  4. ↑ Archikatedra Frombork MusicamSacram, name Frolich (Polish)
  5. ↑ Frombork Archikatedra Orgues France, years 1750 and 1758 (French)
personal data
SURNAME Happy, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Froelich, Paul; Of course, Paweł (Polish); Frēhlih, Paul (Latvian); Froelichas, Paulas (Lithuanian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Prussia and Courland
DATE OF BIRTH 1720
DATE OF DEATH after 1774