The schnitger 300th anniversary will be commemorated with special summer and early autumn events in groningen, the netherlands, germany, and sweden. The following passage is an exact copy of the text by helmut walcha, as found on the dgg lps. Interesting stops on an arp schnitger yes, ive played it. Arp schnitger, born july 9, 1648, schmalenfleth, in oldenburg germanydied july 24 or 25, 1719, neuenfelde, imperial free city of hamburg, one of the most skilled organ builders of the baroque era, whose fine instruments inspired composers such as johann sebastian bach schnitger was born into a family of woodworkers. Peggy kelley reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in english to chronicle the remarkable achievements of arp schnitger, whose influence. Annes moseley are available separately and are not included with hauptwerk. Together with his successor johann jacob john, andreas schweimb plays a central role in the development of organ building on either side of the upper weser river around 1700. Cosmae church in stade, lower saxony, with its three manuals and 42 speaking stops on a 16 foot basis is one of the most important large northgerman baroque organs of this day.
He mostly worked in northern europe, especially the netherlands and germany, where a number of his instruments survive to the present day. Arp schnitger demos and orders hauptwerk virtual pipe organ. It is considered to be the most complete and sonically bestpreserved organ from the late 17th century in northern germany. The instrument had two manual keyboards great and positive. The book gives an account of organ building activity in north germany and the netherlands prior to schnitger, describes in detail many of his constructions as they related to various periods in his life, and comments on schnitger s impact on trends in organ building. Of all the organs still in existence, which have come out of the workshop of arp schnitger, the grand master of german organ construction born 1641 in golzwarden near oldenburg, died 1719 in hamburg, the one in cappel is the best preserved and the most valuable. Originally built for the academiekerk in groningen it was moved to the aakerk in 1815. Arp schnitger, one of the most skilled organ builders of the baroque era, whose fine instruments inspired composers such as johann sebastian bach. Rediscovering historic organbuilding techniques vox humana. Power biggs playing the arp schnitger organs in steinkirchen and neuenfelde that opened a whole world to me, especially with regard to tuning systems. Catalyst for the centuries peggy kelley reinburg on. A concise overview of the most important events in the history of the organ. Hans davidsson, organ buxtehudes visit with arp schnitger in hamburg in 1687 began an association that lasted for many years and resulted in the building of the fourmanual organ at the cathedral in lubeck, as well as modifications to the organ at saint marien.
Arp schnitger s career as an organ builder began in 1666 when he was apprenticed to his cousin berend huss, who was then engaged in building the organ for the church of st. A trip to europe was made in the early stages of the project to study the organs of north german master builder, arp schnitger. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Most organs were built for northern germany, but also in the netherlands and. From the 600 years of hamburg organ building history, schnitger is the most important protagonist. Michaelskerk in zwolle 1721 the history and the fate of the zwolle st. The organ boasts four manuals and pedal with 60 stops of which 15 are reeds and totalling approximately 4000 sounding pipes. The wide use of imitative orchestral stops such as the french horn, and orchestral oboe were developed and patented by e. The former arp schnitger organ 1699 of the lutheran church in groningen. Schnitger realised an instrument with a hauptwerk, a brustwerk and a pedal division in two independent cases totalling 28 stops, of which six incorporated pipework from the 16 th century. Catalyst for the centuries 9780253309273 by reinburg, peggy kelley and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
In 1699 the famous organ builder arp schnitger of hamburg, germany, bestowed an organ upon his lutheran congregation in groningen. Used for study and practice by professional and amateur organists, organ enthusiasts, and organ students, hauptwerk is the worlds leading virtual pipe organ software providing highresolution audio and unparalleled flexibility in midi interfacing with digital organ consoles and proaudio applications. Michaels church of zwolle is one of the most important organs of the northern baroque period. Scorze pipe organ samples is a neoclassicist virtual pipe organ chromatically sampled. The monumental organ of the ludgerikirche in norden, the largest historical instrument in the rich organ landscape of germanys east frisia region, was built in 168687 by the hamburg organ maker arp schnitger. Dec 09, 2016 it is the same year in which arp schnitger built a positiv for the stadt collegium musicum. Jacobi church, hamburg, was built in 1689 1693 by the renowned organ builder arp schnitger. Consecration of the newly built lutheran church on november 28. The 1680 arp schnitger organ located in cappel, germany is considered. In 1717 the organ was extended with a free pedal according to a plan prepared by schnitger to cater for the growth of the congregation. The most important northern european builder of the baroque period was arp schnitger, who built nearly 140 organs for churches all over europe during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Hauptwerk v is backwards compatible with all previously released instruments. Arp schnitger was a highly influential northern german organ builder. Lwc1103 the organ of oslo cathedral albums lawo classics. Below is a table of commercial organ samplesets that were released since 2006. Schnitger, arp, 16481719, organ builders publisher. Catalyst for the centuries by reinburg, peggy kelley isbn. Short introduction and history this was probably the first instrument built by local organ builder tadeo ortega, and. Pc organ hauptwerk virtual software organ on computer via. The most important organ builder of the baroque era, schnitger was famous far and wide in his own day. Built in the north german style, the organ is ideal for playing larger baroque works, including those of bach, lubeck and buxtehude as well as works from. The organ facade is the original one from the baroque organ of 1727 built by the danish organ builder lambert daniel kastens, who studied and worked with the famous north german organ builder arp schnitger. Sonata iii, dmoll, bwv 527 andante adagio e dolce vivace original organ temperament.
The organ was designed in 1718 by arp schnitger 16481719, the best organ builder in the north german area of the time. Explore the massive library of instruments available for hauptwerk. Arp schnitger, organ builder by peggy kelley reinburg. The arp schnitger institute for organs and organ building.
Acdbo063 2 schnitger giusti albums nativedsd music. Arp schnitger was the best north german organ maker of the baroque era. Here you can see the console in action and hear the instruments wonderful colors and clarity of tone. All in all, from the organ s original installation and its condition today despite the partial destruction there of. New bellows and windchannels, changes to the windchests, changes to the specification. The rather wellpreserved schnitger organ in the jacobikirche in hamburg became the point of departure for the north german organ research project. The north german structure of spatially separated, tonally independent works ruckpositif, hauptwerk, brustpositif, oberwerk and pedal have become a determining factor in the organ building methods over the last sixty years. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Arp schnitger 2 july 1648 28 july 1719 buried was a highly influential northern.
Catalyst for the centuries reinburg, peggy kelley on. By building organs in the style of schnitgers, the organ builders were able to get to know the old crafts. It was built as a salon instrument for moscow honourable citizen vassily khludov 184119 who installed it in his house in novaya basmannaya street. The arp schnitger organ at uithuizen has been world famous for over 50 years now, due to the way the brothers cor, bernhardt and herman edskes, who were organists at uithuizen for many years, promoted the organ in the netherlands and abroad. It is unclear whether the commission in in nieuwscheemda was a result of the building of the positiv for the stadt collegium musicum. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Through the centuries organ builders and experts have been inspired by the clear design, the logical structure and architecture, the sensitive toucher, the dynamic wind, and the incomparable quality and richness of sound. The three manual divisions were completed in 1671, and under a separate contract huss and his staff began work on the pedal division. The cappel arp schnitger is great, and absolutely worth the money. Arp schnitger, born july 9, 1648, schmalenfleth, in oldenburg germanydied july 24 or 25, 1719, neuenfelde, imperial free city of hamburg, one of the. A superb illustrated book by cornelius edskes and harold vogel documents arp schnitger and his works. In the materials used and the way these were produced, the organs of arp schnitger are of unexcelled quality. This year marks the 300th anniversary of the death of arp schnitger 16481719, one of the most important organ builders in history.
A community of pipe organ enthusiasts who create, share and listen to wav and mp3 music created using hauptwerk virtual organ software. Jun 01, 2009 the above vollenhove bosch schnitger organ, and many other organs have been recorded pipe by pipe in its own acoustics in the church by hauptwerk. In the past centuries they were mostly restored with a lot of expertise, so that 30 instruments still make fantastic sound performances possible today. See also downloadable freeware, shareware, trial samplesets. Booklet contains information on the composer, the presented works and the performing artist in three languages germanenglishfrench. Peggy kelley reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in english to chronicle the remarkable achievements of arp schnitger, whose influence extends to the twentieth century with the current interest in baroque instruments and performance practice. The west gallery organ in the aakerk in groningen was built by arp schnitger in 16991702. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress.
From his hamburg shop, nearly 170 organs were installed in northern germany and the dutch province of groningen, in addition to those that were commissioned much further afield. Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ view topic new arp schnitger. Jul 23, 2008 the 1680 arp schnitger organ located in cappel, germany is considered one of the most well preserved and authentic schnitger organs in the world today. The organ still contains a great deal of original material. Located in cappel, germany this schnitger is considered by experts, musicologists and organists alike, to be the most well preserved and best sounding arp schnitger organ in the world today. Arp schnitger 16481719 is celebrated as the greatest organbuilder of the northern european baroque, perhaps the greatest builder of all time.
Jan 26, 2020 according to harald vogel, schweimb was the most important organ builder in northern germany alongside arp schnitger. In 1728, arp schnitger s son franz caspar built new wind chests for the hoofdwerk and the pedaal, as well as a new rugpositief including case, wood carvings, and console. Peterundpaulkirche of cappel a little village east of the river weser estuary had initially been built in 1680 for the dominican monastery st. For example, you might see a mixture v or a scharff iv this means the mixture has five. Today it has 40 stops on three manuals and pedal, and is a momument of european significance. Finally, he lowered the organ s pitch by moving all the pipes one step. The west gallery organ of the martinikerk in groningen dates from the 15th century. The first organ is donated to the church by the famous organ builder arp schnitger 16481719 of hamburg, germany. It has 52 speaking stops on three manuals and pedal, and is one of the largest and most famous baroque organs in northern europe. The husschnitger organ is currently one of the most important large north german baroque organs and is the venue for many concerts, organists, organ study trips as well as workshops and was the foundation of arp schnitgers exemplary career. On hauptwerk samplesets are almost all available samplesets. He was primarily active in northern europe, especially the netherlands and germany, where a number of his instruments survive to the present day. I try to actualize the prices regular, but it is possible that. Built by the prestigious baroque organbuilding family schnitger, subject to alterations mirroring the changeable fashion of different periods and finally restored back to its supposed baroque.
Many of the magnificent and beautiful sounding instruments are still preserved today. The organ exhibited in the russian national museum of music is the only organ in russia built by ladegast and is the oldest historical organ currently played in the country. Michaelskerk organ is quite typical of almost all important european instruments. It all began when i heard the first recording of e. The instrument has two manuals with pedal and 30 stops, of which only two are not. In 1685 arp schnitger was commissioned to build a new organ on the west gallery. Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ software randall mullin. The north german baroque organ in orgryte new church in gothenburg. Firstly, because of the magnificant sound, but also because of the fact that is fits pretty in my p43ghz with 2 gb and the polyphony limit of 1024 the studio edition of hauptwerk. On the 28th of july in 2019 marks the 300 th anniversary of the death of the worldrenowned organ builder arp schnitger. Arp schnitger 16481719 was a master organ builder who built well over 100 organs.
No other organ builder of the past has had so much influence on organ building in the 20th century as arp schnitger. Enlargement by a brustwerk and two pedaltowers by paul ludemann 16711673. Jacobi church, hamburg st james church, was built in 1689 1693 by the renowned organ builder arp schnitger. Interesting stops on an arp schnitger the organ forum. Neobaroque scalings by the schlicker organ company. By all these actions the organ received the signature of arp schnitger. Schnitger realised an instrument with a hauptwerk, a brustwerk and a pedal division in two independent cases totalling 28 stops, of which six incorporated pipework from the 16th century.
A lost organ in 1699 the famous organ builder arp schnitger of hamburg, germany, bestowed an organ upon his lutheran congregation in groningen 1. Arp schnitger was the best organ builder in northern germany in the baroque period and its organs were used in the second half of the last century as an example to rediscover the lost art of organ building. The hus schnitger organ is currently one of the most important large north german baroque organs and is the venue for many concerts, organists, organ study trips as well as workshops and was the foundation of arp schnitger s exemplary career. The result is an extremely natural and lively recording comparable to playing a good cd recording of the live pipe organ. His accomplishment represents the climax and conclusion of the north german organ building tradition of his time. This organ gives an insight into the northgerman organ culture of the 16th and 17th century and offers an authentic representation of organ. Arp schnitger 2 july 1648 28 july 1719 buried was a highly influential northern german organ builder. These new orchestral developments were inspired by the growing symphonic orchestra in the early 1900s which led to the desire. Johannisklosterkirche in hamburg and has been in cappel, lower saxony since 1816.
Arp schnitger s signature golzwarden 1700 german bundespost stamp 300 years schnitger organ st. The organ is a unique tool for students and musicians researching the music and. The sanctuarys neoclassical architecture, rectangular shape, and barrel vaulted ceiling offered the builders a setting similar to that of many churches housing great instruments. Master german builder who brought the bright, incisive werkprinzip style to its zenith. North german baroque organ goteborg organ art center. Used for study and practice by professional and amateur organists, organ enthusiasts, and organ students, hauptwerk is the worlds leading virtual pipe organ software providing highresolution audio and unparalleled flexibility in midi interfacing with digital organ. The most typical compound stops are mixtures these typically have a roman numeral on the drawknobstop tab. His organs are different from those of gottfried silbermann who worked in south. Arp schnitger had gained great fame in hamburg as organ builder. Peter and paul in cappel was built in 1680 by arp schnitger for the st.