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 | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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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. |
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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.
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- ^ 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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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 |