Philipp Ernst Wegmann

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Philipp Ernst Wegmann (also: Philipp August Weegmann ) (* 1734 in Darmstadt ; † July 26, 1778 ) was a German organ builder .

Life

Philipp Ernst Wegmann was baptized on August 14th as the son of the organ builder Johann Conrad Wegmann and his wife Anna Maria Hedwig Stamm. He learned organ building from his stepfather Johann Christian Köhler , from whom he received the apprenticeship certificate on May 16, 1756. After Köhler's death he took the Frankfurt citizen oath on August 20, 1762 . On September 14, 1762 he married Maria Magdalena Friess († January 2, 1810 in Frankfurt) and took over Köhler's workshop. He received the title of "Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt Court and Country Organ Maker". The daughter Maria Anna (baptized February 27, 1764 in Frankfurt; † October 24, 1802 there) married the organist Johann Ebert, whose two sons worked in the workshop. The son Johann Benedikt Ernst Wegmann appeared in 1780 as a pupil of the master craftsman Johann Friedrich Meynecke and in 1796 obtained Frankfurt citizenship. It is not clear when exactly Johann Benedikt Ernst Wegmann took over the workshop together with Ebert's sons. From 1773 Philipp Ernst Wegmann no longer appeared as head of the workshop, which was continued by Meynecke. Philipp Ernst Wegmann died in 1778 on the ship Springfield during a crossing from Portsmouth to New York. Apparently because of his poor living conditions he was planning to emigrate to the USA.

plant

Wegmann created single and double manual organs with a maximum of 28 registers . Apart from individual city organs in Frankfurt am Main and Mainz, his area of ​​activity was initially in the Darmstadt area and later increasingly shifted to the Vogelsberg . Several village organs were created here, which were the pride of the parishes. Wegmann's characteristic is the use of the 4 'duiflute, a double-labial Gedackt in a high register. Alternatively, Wegmann uses a stroking Fugara 4 ′. Another characteristic is Wegmann's concept of mixed voices . The cornet only has a third 1 3 ⁄ 5  in the bass range , while the treble is fourfold. In the mixtures , a 2 ′ is used as the lowest choir from c 2 . Wegmann took over the use of a Quintadena 16 ′ in the main work from his stepfather Köhler. Wegmann was happy to leave some loops vacant for a later expansion . The leaflets are partly in Zopfstil forth and characterized by a change from round and spiers, which alternate with pipes flat fields and fields harp. Towards the outside, the towers and fields get lower and lower. The elevated round central tower is often followed by two-story flat fields and outside harp fields. The lengths of the pipes are relatively slim.

List of works

The list also includes some works after Philipp Ernst Wegmann left the workshop. The journeyman Johann Friedrich Meynecke and the Ebert sons stood for the continuity of the Wegmann workshop.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1762 Mainz (now Jugenheim ) Welschnonnen Church
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 II / P 18th Two manual organ with side play and lower positive. After the Welschnonnen Church was torn down, it was moved to Martinskirche in Jugenheim . Due to the narrow scale lengths and the restrained intonation, the organ proved to be only partially suitable in terms of sound at its new, much larger location. Due to numerous modifications in the 19th and 20th centuries and the confiscation of the prospect pipes in 1917, the organ lost almost all of its pipework. Both manual drawers, the pedal drawer and a flute register in the lower positive have been preserved. In 1991 restored by Förster & Nicolaus , including reconstruction of eight registers based on original Wegmann models; In addition to three registers from the Bernhard Gebr. workshop , Gambach, six registers of unknown origin were retained during the most recent restoration. Original brochure and a bellows plate received.
1763 Frankfurt am Main Church of Our Lady II / P 20th Not received
1764 Messel Ev. church I / P 12 1812/1813 transferred to the new church and expanded by two pedal stops; largely preserved
1765 Götzenhain Ev. church I / P 12 Restored 1774–1777 after the church collapse by Wegmann and extended by 3 registers
1767 Garbenheim Ev. church I / P 11 Burned in 1866
1768 Lauterbach City Church Lauterbach town church 371.JPG II / P 26th Housing received
1769-1771 Graefenhausen (Weiterstadt) Ev. church Ev Church Graefenhausen 3.JPG I / P 13 Largely preserved
1771 Frankfurt am Main Old Peterskirche I / P 17th Not received
1771 Large oaks Ev. church Large oaks Ev. Church (36) .jpg I / P 11 Much preserved
1774 Erzhausen Ev. church I / P 10 Prospectus received
1774 Stockhausen (Herbstein) Ev. church I / P 13 Transferred to Ersrode in 1844 ; after the restoration in 1995 an extension was made; received some registers
1772-1775 Mainz St. Christoph II / P 24 Not received
1774-1775 Bobenhausen II St. Gangolf Bobenhausen II Gangolf Organ.jpg II / P 18th Modified by Emanuel Kemper in 1961 ; largely preserved
1775-1776 Hopfmannsfeld Ev. church I / P Not received
1777-1778 Heisters Ev. church
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 I / P 9 1962 and 1994 restorations by Förster & Nicolaus; largely preserved
1779 Wallenrod Ev. church I / P Housing received
1782 Bulkheads Church of Our Lady
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 II / P 28 Prospectus and six registers received
1783 Frankfurt-Nieder-Erlenbach Ev. church I / P 1955 extensively rebuilt and expanded to 2 manuals; received some registers

literature

  • Hans Martin Balz : organs and organ builder in the area of ​​the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. A contribution to the history of organ building (=  studies on Hessian music history 3 ). Bärenreiter second-hand bookshop, Kassel 1969.
  • Franz Bösken : sources and research on organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to Mittelrheinische Music History 6 . Band 1 : Mainz and suburbs - Rheinhessen - Worms and suburbs). Schott, Mainz 1967, ISBN 978-3-7957-1306-5 .
  • Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.1 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 .
  • Franz Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 7.2 ). tape 2 : The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 2: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1370-6 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer, Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 .
  • Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer, Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.2 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 2: M-Z . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1331-5 .
  • Franz Bösken: Wegmann, Johann Conrad . In: Music in the past and present . 1st edition. tape 14 . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1968, p. 364 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Balz: organs and organ builders in the area of ​​the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. 1969, p. 151.
  2. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, p. 34.
  3. ^ Balz: organs and organ builders in the area of ​​the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. 1969, p. 151 f.
  4. ↑ a b c Franz Bösken: Wegmann, Johann Conrad . In: Music in the past and present . 1st edition. tape 14 . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1968, p. 364 .
  5. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2, Part 1: A – K. 1975, p. 767.
  6. ^ Balz: organs and organ builders in the area of ​​the former Hessian province of Starkenburg. 1969, p. 152.
  7. ^ Oberlinger: Orgel Art Museum , seen April 4, 2011.
  8. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 1: A-L , 1988, p. 588.
  9. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 3, Part 1: A-L , 1988, pp. 586-588.
  10. ^ Organ in Jugenheim , accessed on June 14, 2012.
  11. ^ Bösken: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 1, 1967, pp. 58-60.
  12. ^ Organ in Schotten , accessed on May 12, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Wegmann, Philipp Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weegmann, Philipp August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1778