Willibald Siemann
Willibald Siemann (born May 20, 1864 in Streitheim ; † February 28, 1932 in Munich ) was a German organ builder .
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Siemann probably learned organ building from his brother-in-law Martin Binder , who had been building an organ in Pfaffenhofen since 1873 . In 1889 Binder opened a second company in Regensburg , where Siemann became a partner. In 1900 Siemann founded his own company in Munich . After Binder's death in 1904, he combined both companies and initially operated under the name Martin Binder & Sohn, Inh. Willibald Siemann , later only as Willibald Siemann & Co., Munich and Regensburg .
After Siemann's death, the business was continued by his son-in-law Georg Prell until the Munich workshop at Steinheilstraße 7 was destroyed by a bombing in 1944. After that Prell no longer appeared. The Regensburg branch leased the organ builder Karl Berschdorf from Upper Silesia in 1946 . After the currency reform , the company was shut down. Berschdorf died on December 15, 1950.
Between 1875 and 1944, Binder and Siemann built a total of approx. 525 organs: 180 with one, 330 with two, 8 with three and one with four manuals . The instruments were mainly built for Catholic churches in Bavaria . At that time the company was one of the leading companies alongside Franz Borgias Maerz .
Organs
Many organ historians appreciate the high-quality workmanship of his instruments, especially the dignified production of the pipes in the in-house pipe workshop. Siemann preferred a rich selection of basic voices, to which high voices were then added in small numbers. The subsidiary works acted purely as an accompaniment without sound crowns. The pedal had a small number of voices, usually without reeds. Only in the last creative period did Siemann gradually implement the ideas of the organ movement in his new buildings.
Valuable organ cases were taken over, but the dimensions were often significantly changed to accommodate the expansive cone chests . Old registers were usually not reused, which often meant the destruction of high-ranking monument organs .
From 1894 mainly action mechanisms with pneumatic cone chests were built. Only after the death of the company owner were organs with electro-pneumatic action occasionally made.
List of works (selection)
year | opus | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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1890 | 23 | Langquaid −Niederleierndorf | Assumption Day | I / P | 9 | mechanical cone chest, built by Martin Binder, Pfaffenhofen, according to the company sign | |
1892 | 29 | Paunzhausen | St. Stephen | I / P | 9 | mechanical cone chest , original preserved | |
1892 | 30th | Hemlock (Upper Palatinate) | St. Peter and Paul | II / P | 17th | not received | |
1893 | 32 | Niederhornbach | St. Laurence | I / P | 7th | mechanical cone chest , original preserved | |
1895 | 40 | regensburg | Niedermünster Church | II / P | 28 | first organ with electr. Drive = centrifugal fan ; New building behind the existing Brandenstein prospectus ; 1980 New building by Guido Nenninger . | |
1895 | 41 | Semerskirchen | Assumption Day | I / P | 6th | Not received; 1996 new building by organ builder Schädler . | |
1895 | 45 | Mallersdorf | Monastery and parish church of St. John the Evangelist | II / P | 13 | New building in the historic prospectus of the Bayr organ by Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. (1783) 1904 new building in the historical housing by Franz Borgias Maerz . 1985 New building by Mathis Orgelbau . → organ |
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1895 | 46 | Brennberg | St. Rupert | I / P | 9 | not received | |
1896 | 48 | Haunstetten | St. Johann Baptist | I / P | 4th | New building; only received magazine bellows | |
1896 | 51 | Oberdolling | St. George | II / P | 13 | Modern prospectus | |
1896 | 52 | Winemaker | St. Nicholas | I / P | 8th | last demonstrable mechanical cone chest in the company's history; Renovated in 1938 by Eduard Hirnschrodt in 1991: Aeoline 8 'replaced by Octave 2' → organ |
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1897 | 55 | Geiselhöring | St. Peter and Erasmus | II / P | 17th | Preserved changed in the Organ Museum Kelheim → Organ |
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1897 | 59 | Regensburg − Harting | St. Koloman | I / P | 4th | Example of one of the company's smallest church organs; original preserved → organ |
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1897 | 62 | Mariaort (Pettendorf) | Assumption of Mary (pilgrimage church) | II / P | 13 | in the case of the previous organ; receive | |
1898 | 63 | Holztraubach near Mallersdorf | St. Laurence | I / P | 8th | ||
1898 | Oberglaim | Assumption Day | I / P | 9 | Not received. → organ |
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1899 | 74 | regensburg | Collegiate church to the old chapel | II / P | 36 | a predecessor organ of the Pope Benedict organ ; New organ building Mathis 2006. Brochure: Andreas Weiß (Nabburg) 1791 | |
1899 | 79 | regensburg | Schottenkirche St. Jakob | II / P | 18th | → organ | |
1900 | 87 | regensburg | Holy cross | II / P | 15th | when the new building was built, it was hidden behind the choir grille in the nun's choir | |
1900 | 90 | regensburg | St. Emmeram | II / P | 30th | 1959 Conversion and expansion to IV / 68 by Eduard Hirnschrodt | |
1901 | 94 | ( Weihmichl ) -Oberneuhausen | St. Peter and Paul | I / P | 7th | ||
1901 | 97 | Nersingen - Strass | St. Johann Baptist | II / P | 14th | receive | |
1901 | 105 | Sulzbach on the Danube | St. Martin | I / P | 4th | Organ with modified case front preserved in private ownership. | |
1901 | 106 | Pielenhofen | Assumption Day | II / P | 16 | new work behind the prospectus of the previous organ | |
1902 | 113 | regensburg | St. Mang or St. Andreas | II / P | 21st | new work behind the prospectus of the previous organ, 2007 new construction by Claudius Winterhalter | |
1902 | 119 | Regensburg− Kumpfmühl | St.Theresia | II / P | 17th | changed and slightly expanded → organ | |
1903 | 121 | Hohenwart | St. George | II / P | 21st | → organ | |
1903 | 122 | Grafrath | St. Rasso | II / P | 18th | In 1990 Steinmeyer added four registers. → organ |
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1903 | 129 | Wettzell | St. Laurence | I / P | 6th | pneumatic cone tray, original preserved | |
1903 | 133 | Lappersdorf | Assumption Day | I / P | 6th | The historic case of a previous organ was widened to accommodate the expansive cone drawers. This organ has been preserved in a heavily modified form in private ownership without a prospectus . Brochure in a modified form integrated into a new instrument as a return positive | |
1904 | 143 | Hahnbach | St. Jacob | II / P | 23 | Brochure Johann Konrad Funtsch 1770, 2010 Auxiliary Thomas Jann. | |
1904 | 146 | regensburg | Dominican Church or St. Blaise | II / P | 23 | new work behind the Brandenstein prospectus , slightly changed | |
1905 | 152 | Ramspau | St. Laurence | II / P | 10 | ||
1905 | 158 | Altessing | St. Martin | I / P | 5 | ||
1906 | Untereuhausen | St. Laurence | II / P | 11 | New building in the early Classicist prospect of the Schweinacher organ from 1785 → organ |
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1907 | 192 | Jenhausen | Assumption Day | I / P | 6th | ||
1907 | 198 | Saint Heinrich | St. Mary | I / P | 10 | ||
1907 | 197 | Thalfingen | St. Laurence | II / P | 12 | Organ in historical case from 1719 (from the dissolved Fultenbach monastery , in Thalfingen since 1811) | |
1908 | 209 | Sünzhausen | St. George | II / P | 11 | first verifiable organ of the company with a free pipe prospectus ; original pneumatic cone shop; Console and action renewed in 1984. → organ |
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1910 | 249 | Maisach | St. Vitus | II / P | 18th | 1980 remodeling by Wilhelm Stöberl → organ |
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1910 | 257 | Bruck in the Upper Palatinate | St. Aegidius | II / P | 12 | Transmission principle on both manuals; was built for the Regensburg District Exhibition in 1910 ; Originally preserved in the Kelheim Organ Museum | |
1911 | Weihenstephan | St. Stephen | I / P | 8th | → organ | ||
1912 | 280 | hair | St. Raphael | II / P | 19th | ||
1912/1925 | 282/420 | regensburg | St. Joseph | II / P or III / P | 18 or 26 | New construction using the previous Steinmeyer organ , later expansion → organ | |
1912 | 286 | Brzeżce ( Pszczyna County ), Poland | Monastery church | II / P | 24 | ||
1913 | 303 | Neunkirchen near Weiden | St. Dionysius | II / P | 14th | 2012 restoration by organ builder Rainer Kilbert | |
1914 | 309 | Overseas | St. Nicholas | II / P | 24 | Originally preserved, restoration in 1989 by Orgelbau Rudolf Strohmer (Munich) → Organ |
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1914 | 321 | Kröning - Dietelskirchen | Maria Immaculate | II / P | 11 | → organ | |
1915 | 329 | Obertraubling | St. George | II / P | 19th | not received. New building by Thomas Jann behind the partly baroque housing | |
1915 | 331 | Schoenberg | St. Michael | II / P | 18th | today: II / 23 after various modifications (1956: Wölfl, 1990: Glockner, 2003: Schmid) | |
1915 | 332 | Pertolzhofen | Maria Immaculate | II / P | 9 | in the historical case, preserved, restored in 2004 by Thomas Jann | |
1917 | 347 | Hirschau | Assumption Day | II / P | 17th | Conversion with free pipe prospect. The organ is no longer playable; instead, electronium | |
1918 | 349 | Wörth on the Danube | St. Peter | II / P | 20th | Changed; Builder: Martin Binder & Sohn, Rgbg. (1917, without Siemann inscription); over 2000 pipes, restored in 1992 - new building in planning | |
1918 | 353 | raft | St. John the Baptist | II / P | 18th | not received. Parts taken over in the successor organ | |
1919 | 355 | Kelheim | Assumption Day | II / P | 21st | not received; New building 1982 Hermann Kloss | |
1920 | Pfetttrach | St. Othmar | II / P | 6th | in the classical prospectus of the previous organ by Joseph Schweinacher → Organ |
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1921 | 370 | Munich | Holy Spirit Church | IV / P | 79 | largest organ in the company's history; Destroyed in 1945 | |
1922 | Arth | St. Catherine | I / P | 4th | |||
1923 | 393 | Waldkirchen | St. Peter and Paul | II / P | 12 | Housing of Funtsch expanded after 1750; Disposition changed | |
1924 | 402 | Munich | St. Theresa | II / P | 25th | 1976 new work by Wilhelm Stöberl with III / 43 → organ |
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1925 | 414 | Surheim | St. Stephen | II / P | 10 | ||
1928 | 441 | Wieskirche | To the Scourged Savior | II / P | 27 | behind housing by Hörtich . Successor instruments 1959 by Schmid and 2010 by Winterhalter → Orgel |
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1929 | 446 | Hohengebraching near Pentling | Assumption Day | II / P | 22nd | Prospectus draft : Heinrich Hauberrisser , first organ with electro − pneumatic action , organ preserved, electrical system new | |
1929 | 457 | Aschaffenburg | Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Aschaffenburg) | II / P | 20th | Behind the case by the Frankfurt organ maker Hans Georg Steigleder, rebuilt in 1990 by Winfried Elenz from Würzburg. → Organ Not preserved: new building by Karl Göckel 2016. |
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1931 | 465 | Arnstein | St. Nicholas | II / P | 21st | in the historical case of the previous organ | |
1932 | 469 | Lohr am Main | St. Joseph | II / P | 12 | ||
1934 | 478 | Kaltenbrunn market | St. Martin | II / P | 17th | ||
1935 | 482 | Grafing | St. Aegidius | III / P | 31 | ||
1936 | 483 | regensburg | Heart of jesus | III / P | 30th | Almost in its original condition, extensive renovation completed in 2019 → organ |
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1937 | 487 | hair | St. Conrad | II / P | 24 | → organ | |
1938 | 491 | Freising | St. George | III / P | 43 | → main organ | |
1939 | 496 | Schmidmühlen | St. Aegidius | II / P | 22nd | Work preserved, prospectus anonymous around 1750, the extension on the right was added when the church was added. → organ | |
1943 | 511 | regensburg | St. Wolfgang | III / P | 48 | largest preserved organ from the company → Organ |
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1944 | 512 | Stone mill | St. Joseph | II / P | 15th | Originally preserved except for the raising of the mixture from 2 2 ⁄ 3 ′ to 1 1 ⁄ 3 ′. Last factory of the company |
literature
- Georg Brenninger : Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .
- Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .
- Christian Vorbeck: The organ builder Willibald Siemann . In: Ars Organi . tape 51 , 2003, ISSN 0004-2919 , p. 76-81 .
- Christian Vorbeck: The organ builders Martin Binder and Willibald Siemann . Siebenquart Verlag Dr. Roland Eberlein, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-941224-02-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raimund W. Sterl in: Music history of Regensburg. Pustet, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 3-7917-2008-2 , p. 553.
- ↑ according to the sign in the gaming table
- ↑ Georg Brenninger: The organs of the Munich Holy Spirit Parish Church . In: Acta Organologica . tape 10 , 1976, p. 75-80 .
- ↑ A house for over a thousand pipes. In: Main-Echo. February 26, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Siemann, Willibald |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1864 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Streitheim |
DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1932 |
Place of death | Munich |