Gottfried Sonnholz

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Gottfried Sonnholz (* 1695 ; † 1781 ) was an Austrian organ builder in the Baroque era .

life and work

Sonnholz became a citizen of Vienna in 1725 and worked in Lower Austria . Since 1742 he lived in Wieden , Wiedner Hauptstrasse 7. When the house burned down in 1759, Sonnholz rebuilt it and received three years of tax exemption. In the 1750s Sonnholz withdrew from organ building.

His son Johann Baptist Sonnholz was an imperial-royal captain and moved into his father's house after his father's death. The daughter Maria Anna Visconti lived there from 1784.

plant

He created important organ works at a high artistic and craft level and was one of the best Viennese organ builders of the high baroque era. Its baroque organs have a magnificent, lavishly gilded prospect and are decorated with rich veils .

List of works

In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals and a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal . The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers . The last column provides information on the state of preservation or special features.

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1728 Trautmannsdorf on the Leitha Parish church hl. Catherine I / P 9 New building originally for Vienna's Augustinian Church in the Loretto Choir, implemented in 1784; receive
1729 Vienna Mariahilfer Church not received
1730 Vienna Stephansdom Renewal and expansion of the organ by Jacob Kunigschwert (1544) in the south choir, which amounted to a new building
1731-1732 Melk Collegiate Church of Peter and Paul StiftMelkDeckenfresken.jpg II / P 28 New building for 6350  florins ; Receive housing separate into two housing is divided by a positive associated
1732 Maria Enzersdorf Parish and pilgrimage church Maria Enzersdorf - monastery church, organ.JPG New building
1734 Hadersdorf-Weidlingau Parish and pilgrimage church Mariabrunn Organ gallery Mariabrunn, Vienna.jpg II / P 19th New building; Housing and most of the pipework preserved; not restored
1734 Mariazell Mariazell Basilica (positive choir) I. 4th receive
1739 Mariazell Mariazell Basilica ("Vienna Organ") 2005.12.26 - Mariazell - Basilica - 04.jpg III / P 36 New building; Housing without Rückpositiv get
1739 Vienna Karlskirche Vienna - Karlskirche, organ.JPG II 18
currently 31 		In 1847 the organ was rebuilt by Joseph Seyberth (Josef Seibert) and enlarged by adding side wings.
1740 Ravelsbach Parish church Parish church Ravelsbach organ.jpg II / P 12 New building; Prospectus received
1742 Vienna Michaelerkirche Vienna.Michaelerkirche14.jpg III / P 40 Reconstruction of the organ by Johann David Sieber (1714): A rear work and the console were turned from the Rückpositiv and moved to the rear. 1986/87 by Jürgen Ahrend return to the original condition.
1744 Maria Lanzendorf Pilgrimage church Maria Lanzendorf Maria Lanzendorf 06.JPG II / P New construction including older material; Prospectus received whose pipes contain a high proportion of tin (82.68%)
1750 Vienna Salvatorkapelle in the old town hall St Salvator Organ0001.JPG I / P 7th Attribution; largely preserved
1751 Vienna Peterskirche Vienna Peterskirche organ.jpg New building; Housing received
1752 Kőszeg St. Emmerich's Church I / P 8th In 1940, the company Angster and Son from Fünfkirchen installed a new organ in the original organ case.

literature

  • Oskar Eberstaller: organs and organ builders in Austria . Böhlau, Graz 1955 (Viennese musicological contributions; 1).
  • Alois Forer: Organs in Austria . 2nd Edition. Schroll, Vienna, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0583-6 .
  • Günter Lade: Organs in Vienna . Edition Lade, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-9500017-0-0 .
  • Rudolf Scholz: Organa Austriaca . tape 1 . Braumüller, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-7003-0132-4 .
  • Karl Schütz: The Viennese organ building in the second half of the 18th century . Notring, Vienna 1969.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schütz: The Viennese organ building in the second half of the 18th century. 1969, p. 16f.
  2. ^ Eberstaller: Organs and Organ Builders in Austria. 1955, p. 69.
  3. ^ Orgel in St. Augustin in Vienna , p. 7 (PDF file; 561 kB), accessed on March 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Organ in Mariabrunn , accessed on November 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b Gottfried Allmer: The new organs of the Mariazell basilica , p. 11f. (PDF file; 353 kB), accessed on November 22, 2012.
  6. ^ Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon : Sonnholz (Sonholz), Gottfried
  7. ^ Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon : St. Karl (Vienna)
  8. ↑ Karlskirche.at: Orgel ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2014 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. ; Retrieved July 13, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.karlskirche.at
  9. ^ Organ of the Michaelerkirche, Vienna , accessed on November 22, 2012.
  10. ^ Organ in Lanzendorf , accessed on November 24, 2012.
  11. ↑ Organ of the Salvator Chapel in Vienna ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 22, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orgelmusik.at
  12. ↑ organ peterskirche in Vienna , accessed on 22 November 2012 found.
  13. ^ Kilián Szigeti: Régi magyar orgonák - Kőszeg (Old Hungarian organs - Güns) . Zeneműkiadó, Budapest 1974, ISBN 963-330-041-X , p. 23-24 . - According to Szigeti it is likely that the older organ of the Kőszeg Church of St. Jacob was also built by master Sonnholz in 1748, but there is no evidence of this.
personal data
SURNAME Sonnholz, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sonnenholz, Gottfried; Sonnholzer, Gottfried; Sonnenholzer, Gottfried; Summerholzer, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1695
DATE OF DEATH 1781