Roman Benedikt Nollet

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Roman Benedikt Nollet (also Romanus Benediktus Nollet ; * February 12, 1710 in Luxemburg (city) , † March 13, 1779 in Trier ) was an organ builder who mainly worked in the Trier region as far as Luxemburg and the Saarland.

Life

Nollet was the son of the originally French organ builder Jean Nollet (1681–1735) and continued his work. He is described as a man " conspicuous by artistic ability and miserable manners ".

Nollet married Maria Catharina Werner (1702–1747) in Trier on January 8, 1728 and had six children with her. His second marriage was on July 10, 1748, with Irmina Claeres from Trier. From this marriage came his son Johann Bernhard Nollet (* 1748), who worked on his father's later works and took over the business from his father in 1777.

plant

Stronger than the parallels to the style of the organ builder family Stumm (for example the vox angelica and the single third) are the similarities to the work of the organ builder Balthasar König and his family, who worked in the Cologne and Münstereifel area. The registers Cornett and Tintinabulum meet regularly. The Nollet family is influenced by the Belgian-Luxembourgish organ building, which is reflected in the French register names and in the design of the prospectus. The Orval organ did not exist for 20 years, but it was one of the largest organs in Europe in its time. Apart from the preserved work in Trier-Irsch , only a few brochures have survived. He also worked in St. Wendel , Saarbrücken and in the area around Wittlich and Cologne (presumably in the St. Kunibert Church).

List of works (selection)

The following work has been verified.

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for a separate pedal.

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1727 trier Trier Cathedral III / P 35 not received
1736 Saarbrücken St. John's Basilica not received
1736 Tholey Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius Tholey St.Mauritius main organ.jpg III / P 42 Prospectus received
1745 Bernkastel St. Michael II / P 18-20 The previous organ from the 18th century was rebuilt by Nollet in Longkamp , St. Andreas, possibly in an expanded form. The organ in Bernkastel was replaced by a new one by Klais after war damage in 1955.
1753-1754 Kirchberg (Hunsrück) Michaelskirche I / P Reconstruction of the first organ by Johann Michael Stumm (1717) from a 4 'to an 8' base; Received Nollet's prospectus
1756 trier St. Paulin Sankt Paulin BW 2.JPG Brochure, designed by Balthasar Neumann received
1745-1748 trier St. Paul Sold in 1792; lost
around 1752 Himmerod Monastery church III / P 39 Attribution; Transferred to Trier Cathedral in 1802; not received
1765 trier St. Anthony I / P 13 French-style prospectus with three narrow round towers and wide flat fields with cornices curving over them; In 1862 moved to the parish church of St. Georg and St. Wendelinus (Irsch) in Trier-Irsch ; only surviving Nollet organ
1766 Wadgassen Abbey church not received
1767 Luxembourg St. Nicolaus
1773 Klausen Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary together with his son; Prospectus received in Metz , St. Martin
1773-1780 Orval Monastery church IV / P 85 together with his son; not received

literature

  • 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 40 ). tape 4 : Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts . Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7957-1342-3 .
  • Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fischer / Wohnhaas: Lexicon of south German organ builders. 1994, p. 279.
  2. ↑ a b abteiorgel.de: The Nollet Organ , accessed on May 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Saarland biographies , accessed on May 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, p. 31.
  5. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, p. 32.
  6. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, pp. 1074-1077.
  7. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, pp. 175 f., 632.
  8. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, p. 481 f.
  9. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, pp. 1133 f, 1138.
  10. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, p. 1139.
  11. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, p. 405 f.
  12. ^ Bösken / Fischer / Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 4, 2005, pp. 32, 439 f, 1030 f.
  13. ↑ Renovation of the Wehlener church organ , accessed on May 10, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Nollet, Roman Benedict
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nollet, Romanus Benedictus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg City
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1779
Place of death trier