Thomas Schott

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Thomas Schott (* 1578 in Urach , Duchy of Württemberg ; † January 2, 1634 in Rapperswil ) was a German-Swiss organ builder . He built several organs in Switzerland and Alsace . His best-known work is the large organ in the Muri monastery .

biography

He was probably born in Urach, Württemberg, in 1578, as the eldest of seven children of the weaver Sebastian Schott and Ursula Seep. Thomas Schott was married to Adelheid Jeger and had a son who died early. He received his training in Ulm with Conrad Schott (not related) and Andreas Sartor, who rebuilt the organ in Ulm Minster in 1595/97. He may also have worked as a journeyman at Anton Neuknecht in Constance . In 1606 he was on record for the first time as a self-employed organ builder when he lived and worked in the Canons of Beromünster .

On October 13, 1616, Schott received the citizenship of the city of Bremgarten in Switzerland. In return, he had to forego the tip for the new organ in the city ​​church and pay a cup worth 20 kroner. Schott was very wealthy and was revered as a benefactor. For example, he donated scholarships for theology students from Bremgarten, each amounting to up to 20 florins per year. The scholarship is still awarded today in the name of Schott “as a festival of honor and celebrity”. After his death at the beginning of 1634, the workshop in Bremgarten was closed and the majority of the inventory was acquired by Wettingen Monastery .

Works

Schott's way of working was unusual for the time. With the exception of the first in Beromünster, he built all of his organs in his workshop in Bremgarten instead of on site. The finished individual parts were transported by car or by water to the client, where he put them together with the help of journeymen within a few weeks.

year place church register Remarks
1606 Beromünster Collegiate Church of St. Michael 04th Positive; Construction price 80 guilders
1608-1609 Beromünster Collegiate Church of St. Michael 18th Big organ; Construction price of 1300 guilders for both organs
1612-1616 Bremgarten City Church of St. Nicholas unknown Construction price unknown; Replaced in 1788/89
1612-1616 Werthenstein Pilgrimage Church of St. Jakob 09 Rood organ; Building price 800 guilders; Destroyed when the nave collapsed in 1827, parts of it were reused
1619-1623 Saint-Ursanne Saint-Pierre Collegiate Church 18th Big organ; Construction price 1270 guilders; Replaced in 1776, parts of it reused
1624-1626 Rouffach Notre-Dame de l'Assomption 23 Big organ; Construction price unknown; Rebuilt in 1758, replaced in 1855, many parts reused
1629 Lucerne Franciscan Church unknown Positive; Building price 220 guilders; Replaced in 1653
1619-1630 Muri St. Martin monastery church 29 Big organ; Construction price 4300 guilders; 1744 extended to 34 registers, alterations in 1826, 1833/34 and 1919/20, reconstruction in 1965/72
1631-1635 Rapperswil City Church of St. Johann 17th Rood organ; Construction price 2400 guilders; Rebuilt in 1674, destroyed in a church fire in 1882

It is believed that Schott was also involved in the construction of the main organ of the Wettingen monastery church from 1609–1610 .

literature

  • Dieter Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri - history, description, organ builder . here + now , Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-03919-201-4 .
  • Dieter Utz: The new organ in the parish church of St. Nikolaus, Bremgarten AG , Bremgarten Organ Building Commission, 1988

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. P. 147.
  2. ↑ a b Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. P. 146.
  3. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. P. 148.
  4. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. Pp. 154-155.
  5. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. Pp. 156-157.
  6. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. P. 160.
  7. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. Pp. 163-166.
  8. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. P. 168.
  9. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. Pp. 64-73.
  10. ↑ Meier: The organs of the monastery church Muri. P. 171.
personal data
SURNAME Schott, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1578
PLACE OF BIRTH Urach , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1634
Place of death Rapperswil SG