Wilhelm Heinrich Bethmann
Wilhelm Heinrich Bethmann (also: Wilhelm Heinrich Bäthmann and Wilhelm Heinrich Baethmann ; born April 30, 1745 in Goslar , † December 27, 1802 in Hanover ) was a German organ builder .
Life
Wilhelm Heinrich Bethmann was the son-in-law of Christian Vater the Younger , a son of the organ builder Christian Vater .
According to the address books of the city of Hanover , a company with the same name can be identified as the only organ builder in Hanover or von Linden between 1798 and 1833 for more than three decades .
For a similar period - also at the time of the Electorate of Hanover - the work of Bethmann's son "[...] Christian Bethmann (Hanover-Linden), 1783-1833" is given.
The organ builder Ernst Wilhelm Meyer was a student of Wilhelm Heinrich Baethmann .
In the year of Bethmann's death, the Hanoverian Address Book recorded the organ builder's seat in Beckerstrasse in Calenberger Neustadt in 1802 .
Well-known work
Wilhelm Heinrich Baethmann's work was mainly limited to repairs to existing organs.
- 1778: Repair of the organ built in 1753 by Johann Andreas Zuberbier from Hanover for the St. Vitus Church in Wilkenburg
Archival material
Archives about the organ builders Bethmann and Baethmann can be found, for example
- in the city archive of Hanover , there also to three other organ builders from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the two named father.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ludwig Hoerner : Organ builder. In: ders .: agents, bathers and copists. Hannoversches Gewerbe-ABC 1800–1900. Ed .: Hannoversche Volksbank . Reichold, Hannover 1995, ISBN 3-930459-09-4 , p. 355.
- ^ A b Bernd Adam, Michael A. Flechtner: The St. Vitus Church in Wilkenburg - Nine centuries of planning and building history . Celle. Ströher-Druck 2001, p. 63 and note 219 on p. 79
- ↑ a b c Uwe Pape : The organs of the city of Celle (= North German organs , vol. 13) (= publication of the Society of Organ Friends , Volume 178). Pape, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-921140-55-2 , passim ; Preview over google books
- ↑ a b c Uwe Pape (ed., Commentator): The workshop book of the organ builder Christian Vater (= sources for the history of the city of Hanover , issue 1) (= publication of the Society of Organ Friends , volume 183) (= publication of the International Working Group for Organ Documentation (IAOD), episode 4). Pape, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-921140-60-9 , pp. 11, 15; Preview over google books.
- ^ A b Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel: The Organ. An Encyclopedia (= Encyclopedia of keyboard instruments ). Routledge, New York, NY [et al.] 2006, ISBN 0-41594174-1 , p. 488; online through google books.
- ^ Harald Vogel (text), Volkhard Hofer (photos): Organs in Lower Saxony. Edited by the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung. Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-50-5 , p. 300; Preview over google books.
- ↑ Hannoversches Address Book for the year 1802 , part of scholars, merchants, shopkeepers, manufacturers, craftsmen [et] c. In alphabetical order , p. 76; Digitized version of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library via the German Research Foundation
- ↑ Michael Christian Müller : Organ Monument Maintenance. Basics and methods using the example of the district of Nienburg / Weser (= workbooks on monument preservation in Lower Saxony , vol. 29). Edited by Christiane Segers-Glocke , Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation. Niemeyer, Hameln 2003, ISBN 3-8271-8029-5 , p. 206 u. ö .; Preview over google books.
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SURNAME | Bethmann, Wilhelm Heinrich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baethmann, Wilhelm Heinrich; Bäthmann, Wilhelm Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1745 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goslar |
DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1802 |
Place of death | Hanover |