Paul Rotenburger

Paul Rotenburger (born November 28, 1598 in Salzburg ; † October 2, 1661 ibid) worked as an organ builder in the prince-archbishopric of Salzburg and Carinthia . From 1653–1661 he was court organ maker in the Prince Archbishopric of Salzburg.

Life

Paul Rotenburger learned the trade of organ builder from his father Leopold . When he was entrusted with several assignments in Innsbruck , Paul was already working independently with his brother Mathias . In 1630 Paul was living in Klagenfurt , apparently he had left Salzburg at the same time as his brother. On October 15, 1643, Paul Rotenburger acquired the “Rottenburger Hauß”, Linzergasse 27, from his father, who then probably moved to another house on Linzergasse. Paul Rotenburger died on October 2, 1661 at the age of 63, after which his brother took over the workshop until 1668.

List of works (selection)

The table lists some of his new builds and repairs.

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1627	Mariapfarr	Parish church			New positive
1631	Arnoldstein	Collegiate church
1639	Bled (Veldes)	St. Mary's Church on Lake Bled			Housing and individual registers preserved
1647	Saint Lambrecht	Collegiate church			He was obliged to produce the new organ, as a counterpart to the existing organ, in the shape and size of the old one ; afterwards both instruments were richly gilded.
1649	Salzburg	Blasiuskirche			New building
1649	Salzburg	Sebastian Church			New positive
1650	Weildorf	Parish church			New positive
1651	Straßwalchen	Parish church			"Setting up the organ"
1652	Irrsdorf	Branch church			Repair the positive
1652	Running (Salzach)	Collegiate church			New building. Apparently the mother (Margareta Magdalena) and father (Friedrich) of Johann Michael Rottmayr were organists on this instrument .
1653	Tittmoning	Parish church			repair
1653-55	Bad Reichenhall	St. Zeno			"Delivery of an organ"
1656	Meran	Parish church			shelf
1658	Throw	Parish church	I.	5	New building with a tremulant
1658	Salzburg	Sebastian Church			Repair the positive
1660	Berchtesgaden	Andreas Church	I.	5	"New building with a tremulant". With its "corner solution", the organ is reminiscent of the cases of the 4 old crossing organs in Salzburg Cathedral , the first two of which were made in 1628 by Leopold Rotenburger . The instrument shown here stood as a choir organ on an oratorium in the presbytery of St. Andrew's Church, which was dismantled, until the 1950s and 60s. It is speculative whether the now vacant case is actually the remains of a Rotenburger organ.
1661	Stuhlfelden	Parish church			New building

literature

Otmar Heinz: Early Baroque organs in Styria . On the genesis of a southern German-Austrian type of instrument from the 17th century. Vienna / Münster 2012 (Research on the historical regional studies of Styria, published by the Historical Commission for Styria , Volume 53), ISBN 978-3-643-50232-2 .
Roman Schmeißner: Organ building in Salzburg's pilgrimage churches , Duisburg & Cologne: WiKu-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-86553-446-0 (also dissertation: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg , Mozarteum University 2012).
Gerhard Walterskirchen: Organs and Organ Builders in Salzburg from the Middle Ages to the Present . Dissertation University of Salzburg 1982.

proof

^ Otmar Heinz: Early baroque organs in Styria. On the genesis of a south German-Austrian type of instrument from the 17th century, Berlin / Münster 2012 (research on the historical regional studies of Styria, published by the Historical Commission for Styria , Volume 53), p. 185.
^ Helmut Federhofer: Contributions to the history of organ building in Styria . In: Archive and Chronicle 4 (1951), pp. 22–48. Quoted from: Otmar Heinz: early baroque organs in Styria. On the genesis of a south German-Austrian type of instrument of the 17th century, Berlin / Münster 2012 (research on the historical regional studies of Styria, published by the Historical Commission for Styria , Volume 53), p. 78, footnote 303.
↑ M. Magdalena Rottmayrin, organist and painter to Laufen . Quoted from: Österreichische Kunsttopographie 10 : The monuments of the political district of Salzburg, Vienna 1913, p. 378.
^ Roman Matthias Schmeißner: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . Dissertation University Mozarteum Salzburg 2012, p. 9.
↑ Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria . Munich 1978, p. 183.

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Organ landscape Tirol Rotenburger, Paul

personal data
SURNAME	Rotenburger, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rottenburger, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH	October 2, 1661
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] Otmar Heinz: Early baroque organs in Styria. On the genesis of a south German-Austrian type of instrument from the 17th century, Berlin / Münster 2012 (research on the historical regional studies of Styria, published by the Historical Commission for Styria , Volume 53), p. 185.

[2] Helmut Federhofer: Contributions to the history of organ building in Styria . In: Archive and Chronicle 4 (1951), pp. 22–48. Quoted from: Otmar Heinz: early baroque organs in Styria. On the genesis of a south German-Austrian type of instrument of the 17th century, Berlin / Münster 2012 (research on the historical regional studies of Styria, published by the Historical Commission for Styria , Volume 53), p. 78, footnote 303.

[3] M. Magdalena Rottmayrin, organist and painter to Laufen . Quoted from: Österreichische Kunsttopographie 10 : The monuments of the political district of Salzburg, Vienna 1913, p. 378.

[4] Roman Matthias Schmeißner: Studies on organ building in pilgrimage churches of the Archdiocese of Salzburg . Dissertation University Mozarteum Salzburg 2012, p. 9.

[5] Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria . Munich 1978, p. 183.