Viktor Schlatter

Viktor Schlatter (born February 19, 1899 in St. Gallen ; † 1973 ) was a Swiss organist and organ expert.

Life

Viktor Schlatter studied at the Berlin University of Music as a student of Walter Fischer (1871–1931). He then completed an organ building internship in Hanover with a study visit to Paris. From 1924 to 1926 he worked as an organist in St. Gallen. Between 1926 and 1970 Schlatter was the organist at Zurich's Grossmünster .

plant

Viktor Schlatter is one of the experts in Swiss organ building in the 20th century. With the help of his reports, many old organs were restored or newly built organs were arranged . He was largely responsible for the new construction of the main organ in the Grossmünster, which was placed under federal monument protection after its completion in 1960.

Schlatter wrote a series of articles for the magazine “Der Organist”. The main focus of his contributions was on organ building issues.

Organ building expertise

The currently known organ building expertise of Viktor Schlatter.

year	place	object	Organ builder	Details, remarks
1928	Amriswil	House organ Biedermann	Kuhn	I / P / 7, pocket drawer, mechanical action, pneumatic filing
1928	Steinmaur	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 11, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1928	Niederhasli	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 10, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1928	Kreuzlingen	Protestant church	Kuhn	III / P / 27, pocket shop, pneumatic, together with H. Biedermann
1929	Zurich	St. Jacob	Kuhn	Conversion, III / P / ?, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1930	Zurich	New Apostolic Church	Kuhn	II / P / 17, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1932	Zurich-Wipkingen	Parish Hall	Kuhn	III / P / 30, pocket shop, electric (6 typesetters), with H. Biedermann
1933	Thalwil	reformed Church	Kuhn	Conversion, III / P / 51, register booths, electrical, with KW Senn
1934	Wagenhausen TG	Provost church	Kuhn	II / P / 7, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1934	Forest ZH	House organ M. Spoerry	Kuhn	II / P / 7, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1936	Rüti ZH	reformed Church	Kuhn	III / P / 36, hanging valves, electro-pneumatic
1936	Zumikon	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 13, hanging valves, pneumatic
1936	Zurich industrial quarter	Johanneskirche	Kuhn	Conversion II / P / 28, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1937	Sternenberg ZH	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 10, pocket drawer, pneumatic
1940	Küsnacht ZH	reformed Church	Kuhn	III / P / 33, slider drawer, electric, with J. Handschin
1942	Zurich	Water church	Kuhn	II / P / 28, slider chests, mechanical-pneumatic
1943	Rheinau ZH	Monastery church	Kuhn	Restoration, III / P / 37, slider chests, mechanical, with E. Schiess and S. Koller
1943	Uznach	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 7, slider chests, mechanical-pneumatic
1944	Buchs ZH	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 8, slider chests, mechanical
1943	Küsnacht ZH	House organ H. Dubs	Kuhn	II / P / 11, slider chests, mechanical
1947	miles	reformed Church	Kuhn	III / P / 39, sliding chests, mechanical-pneumatic
1947	Brusio	reformed Church	Ziegler	Restoration, Serassi 1787, I / P / 16, spring shop
1949	Niederweningen	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 15, slider chests, mechanical-pneumatic
1949	St. Margrethen	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 21, sliding chests, mechanical-pneumatic
1949	Maschwanden	reformed Church	Geneva	II / P / 17, sliding chests, mechanical-pneumatic
1950	Buchs ZH	reformed Church	Geneva	II / P / 10, slider chests, mechanical
1950	Kollbrunn	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 11, slider chests, mechanical
1950	Männedorf	Parish Hall	Kuhn	II / P / 12, slider drawers, electric, electro-pneumatic
1952	Wetzwil ob Herrliberg	Ref. Church	Slaughterer	II / P / 10, slider chests, mechanical
1953	Bäretswil	reformed Church	Kuhn	III / P / 30, slider chests, mechanical-electrical
1954	Bonstetten	reformed Church	Geneva	II / P / 18, slider chests, mechanical
1957	Hallau	Village church	Kuhn	II / P / 20, sliding chests, mechanical, electro-pneumatic
1960	Opfertshofen SH	reformed Church	Slaughterer	II / P / 10, slider chests, mechanical
1960	Zurich	Great Minster	Slaughterer	IV / P / 67, sliding chests, mechanical, electro-pneumatic
1960	Hombrechtikon	reformed Church	Kuhn	III / P / 35, sliding chests, mechanical, mechanical-pneumatic (pedal)
1961	Sitzberg (municipality of Turbenthal )	reformed Church	Slaughterer	Restoration, II / P / 22, addition of upper work (instrument by Georg Friedrich Schmahl )
1961	Adliswil	reformed Church	Metzger	III / P / 26, mechanical
1963	Kappel am Albis	Monastery church	Kuhn	II / P / 16, slider chests, mechanical
1966	Windisch AG	reformed Church	Neidhart & Lhôte	II / P / 28, slider chests, mechanical
1968	Heerbrugg	reformed Church	Kuhn	II / P / 17, slider chests, mechanical
1968	Basel	Peterskirche	Neidhart & Lhôte	III / P / 36, slider chests, mechanical, with R. Scheidegger
1969	Dornach SO	Catholic Church	Bosch	III / P / 40, slider chests, mechanical, electrical, with R. Bruhin
1973	Hinwil	reformed Church	Mathis	III / P / 33, slider chests, mechanical, with E. Heer

Publications

• The organ in the Großmünster Zurich. (Together with Friedrich Jakob and Paul Hintermann ). Zurich 1962.
• Organ tour through Spain. In: Musik und Gottesdienst , 1955, pp. 49–59.
• Thoughts on organ installation. In: The Reformed Church in Windisch. Published by the church administration in Windisch in memory of the renovation 1964–1967. Buchdruckerei Effingerhof, Brugg 1968, pp. 22–24.

literature

• Max Lütolf (ed.): Organs in Switzerland: Heritage and care. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2007, ISBN 3-7618-1956-0 .
• Willy Hardmeyer: Introduction to Swiss organ building. Hug, Zurich 1947.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Musicians' Lexicon. Atlantis, Zurich 1964. p. 328.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Riemann Musiklexikon , edition 1961, person part L – Z, p. 607
3. ↑ ^{a b} Rudolf Meyer : Booklet for ZweiOrgelnTag - Organs in the Grossmünster Zurich (IV / P / 67) and in the Grubenmannkirche Hombrechtikon (III / P / 35) according to plans by Viktor Schlatter . (PDF; 207 kB) Männedorf / Dietikon 2007; Orgelbau Kuhn AG website , accessed on May 23, 2011.
4. ↑ Zurich organ directory. (PDF; 2.6 MB)