Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer

Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer (born January 5, 1700 in Gaildorf ; † July 20, 1783 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was one of Hohenlohe's first organ builders .

Life

Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer was a son of the hospital keeper and Limpurgian court carpenter Johann Ludwig Hasenmeyer and a grandson of Hans Georg Hasenmeyer, who had the same professions. His mother Anna Barbara Hasenmeyer, b. Jäger, came from a tailor's family in Gaildorf, his ancestors on his father's side can be traced back to the 16th century. They lived in Münster and Unterrot .

Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father and then went on a hike. He probably learned organ building from Johann Christoph Wiegleb , who built the Gaildorf organ, because Hasenmeyer's organ prospectuses are very similar to Wiegleb's. As early as 1725 he settled as court organ maker with his wife Eva Dorothea, b. Sehm, a daughter of the Countess Hohenlohe gardener Johann Joseph Sehm from Schrozberg , settled in Kirchberg an der Jagst . The marriage, which was concluded on June 9, 1722 in Gaildorf, resulted in eight sons and four daughters. A son and two daughters survived their father.

Hasenmeyer built his first and largest organ for the Kirchberg town church. It had three manuals and a pedal with 25 stops and fell victim to a fire in 1929.

In 1736 Hasenmeyer built an organ for Braunsbach , which is still preserved in its case, and a year later the Ingelfinger organ. In 1740 an organ for the Evangelical Church in Obersontheim followed . This instrument was also damaged in a fire, but could be saved and restored along with its baroque prospectus. It is now a listed building.

In 1742 Hasenmayer acquired citizenship and a house at Langen Strasse 44 in Schwäbisch Hall, where in 1746 he provided the church of St. Katharina with a new organ. In 1747 he built an organ for Bretten , in 1756 one in Frauenzimmern , 1757 in Maichingen , 1767 in Horrheim and 1768 in Roßwag . The organs in Ettenhausen and Michelfeld may also come from Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer. He carried out repairs on the organs in Simmozheim , Markgröningen , Unterheinriet , Brettach, Langenbeutingen and Löchgau .

In 1769 he became a widower and in 1771 the church council in the Duchy of Württemberg ordered that future repairs could no longer be carried out by Hasenmeyer, who was considered a foreigner as a citizen of a free imperial city . He was also accused of bad work. After selling his house to his son Johann Heinrich Hasenmeyer, a tailor, he led a lonely life for over 20 years.

Web links

• Philipp Heinrich Hasenmeyer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There are also the name forms Hasenmaier and Hasenmayer.
2. ↑ Pictures of the organ brochure ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Schwäbisch Hall building directory
4. ↑ Hans König, ... known as a good master , in: Südwest Presse, June 23, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.