Rudolf Garrels

Rudolf Garrels (also Rudolph or Redolph Garrelts; * 1675 in Norden ; † May 9, 1750 in The Hague ) was a student of Arp Schnitger , German master organ builder and wood carver, who mainly worked in the Netherlands .

Life

Garrels was baptized on March 25, 1675 in the Ludgeri Church of the North as the son of the brewer Garrelt Harings and Eske Christoffers. In 1697 his name is proven as a journeyman of Arp Schnitger in connection with the construction of the Aa-kerk organ in Groningen . 1709–11 Schnitger entrusted him with the building of the organ in Sneek . It is possible that he had previously worked for the famous master in the Hamburg workshop. After Schnitger's death (1719) Garrels moved from Groningen to Leiden , and in 1727 to The Hague . On April 27, 1727 he married Jannetje van de Vijver, who came from Delft . The marriage remained childless. His grave is unknown.

plant

The following works can be found on new organs and modifications:

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1713	Eelde	Hervormde Kerk		I.	8th	together with Johan Radeker; Sold in 1909
1716	Zuidlaren	Hervormde Kerk				together with Johan Radeker; not received
1717-1718	Anloo	Magnuskerk		II / p	17th	together with Johan Radeker; largely preserved
1717-1719	Groningen	Lutheran Kerk		II / P	23	together with Johan Radeker extension of a separate pedal; Replaced in 1896
1723-1724	The hague	Lutheran Kerk		II / p	15th	Extension conversion
1724-1726	The hague	Oud-Katholieke Kerk		II / p	17th	Get prospectus; Pipework and wind chest of the main plant according to Vollenhove, pipework and wind chest of the Rückpositiv according to Zeist
1725-1727	Maasland	Hervormde Kerk		II / p	18th	Burned on June 18, 1945
1729-1732	Maassluis	Grote Kerk		III / P	42	partially preserved
1733-1735	Suffer	Marekerk		II / P	22nd	Transfer of the small choir organ (with older pipes around 1550) from the Pieterskerk and renovation; partially preserved
1738	Sprang-Capelle	Hervormde Kerk		II / P	28	Repair of the organ built by Thomas Houben in 1728 for the Waalse Kerk in Dordrecht; Transferred to Sprang in 1869
1737-1742	Purmerend	Hervormde Kerk		III / P	39	Garrels took over several stops from the previous organ (around 1550); largely preserved.
1739-1742	Utrecht	Jacobikerk		II / P	25th	Extension by an upper work and pedal
1749	Klundert	Hervormde Kerk		I / p	9	Destroyed in 1945

Pulpit in the north (1712)

His work included the overhaul of the organ in Norden in 1706 (not finally secured) and in 1717. For this church Garrels made the magnificent pulpit with its mighty sound cover in 1712, which is still preserved today.

literature

• Gustav Fock : Arp Schnitger and his school. A contribution to the history of organ building in the North and Baltic Sea coast areas . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 .
• Walter Kaufmann : The organs of East Frisia - organ topography . Publishing house Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1968.
• Christof Stöver: "Your name should never lack praise" . In: Ostfriesland Magazin . No. 5 , 1993, ISSN  1435-6376 , pp. 34-39 ( online ).
• Maarten Albert Vente : The Brabant Organ. On the history of organ art in Belgium and Holland in the Gothic and Renaissance ages . HJ Paris, Amsterdam 1963.

Web links

• Article by Christof Stöver (viewed September 12, 2009).
• Life, extensive list of works, list of links (Dutch) (as of September 12, 2009).