Peter Breisiger

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Peter Breisiger (also Briesger, Breissiger, Bryssiger; * around 1490 probably in Saffig , fl. 1516 to 1542) was a German organ builder .

He was active in the first half of the 16th century, working in Germany and the Netherlands. From 1518 he was based in Koblenz , where he was led as a lay judge in 1534 . Breisiger continued the innovative German organ building tradition of the previous century (represented by Stephan Kaschendorf , Heinrich Traxdorf and others), which replaced the old block organ with the introduction of various works . He went beyond that and invented various types of registers (including some paddocks ). He also wrote a number of writings on registration that are now among the most important such instructions from the 16th century.

Works

Among the places where Breisig looked belong Assumption (Church of Our Lady) in Andernach , several churches ( Church of Our Lady , Florin Church , Dominican Church ) in Koblenz , the Dominican church in Maastricht (where Breisigers organ probably by Hendrik Niehoff was studied), the Basilica of Our Lady (Onze -Lieve-Vrouwe Basiliek) in Tongeren and the Church of St. Amor in Munsterbilzen . In 1537 he received the order to rebuild the old cathedral organ of Trier Cathedral , which he completed in 1538.

literature

  • Andreas Britz: Peter Briesger from Saffig - a world-renowned organ builder. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch Kreis Mayen-Koblenz 1991, ISSN  0721-6815 , pp. 82-84 ( digitized version ).
  • Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (Eds.): The Organ: An Encyclopedia. Routledge, 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-94174-7 , p. 335.
  • Hans Klotz:  Breisiger, Peter. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  • Axel Leuthold: The calculation bases of the organ pipe scale in the Renaissance and Baroque - methods for their reconstruction and systematization. Uwe Pape Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-921140-63-3 (Zugl .: Friborg, Univ., Diss., 2002).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Volume 1: Mainz and suburbs, Rheinhessen, Worms and suburbs. (= Contributions to the Middle Rhine Music History; Volume 6). Schott, Mainz 1967, p. 26 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ Martin Blindow: The Trier organ files: Their significance for the German art of recording in the 16th century. In: Musik und Kirche 31 (1961), ISSN  0027-4771 , pp. 115–120 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  3. ↑ Martin Möller, Rudolf Ewerhart: Trier. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . New edition. Material part. Volume 9: Sy-Z. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1998, ISBN 3-7618-1128-4 , Sp. 812-816, here Sp. 814.
personal data
SURNAME Breisiger, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Briesger, Peter; Breissiger, Peter; Bryssiger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Saffig
DATE OF DEATH after 1542