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Guide to Bach Tour
Organs in Places associated with Bach |
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Place |
Region |
Church |
Organ [main specs] |
Bach Connection |
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Altenburg |
Thuringia |
Schloßkirche |
Trost Organ (1739) [new: 38, II, P] |
Organ examination & recital 1739 |
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Ammern |
Thuringia |
St. Vitus Kirche |
Wender Organ [new: 13, I, P] |
Organ examination 1708/1712 |
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Arnstadt |
Thuringia |
Bach-Kirche |
Wender Organ (1703/1999) [new: 23, II, P] |
Organ examination 1703: Bach Report
Organist 1703-1709 |
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Arnstadt |
Thuringia |
Bach-Kirche |
Steinmeyer Organ (1913/1999) |
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Arnstadt |
Thuringia |
Neue Kirche (today Bachkirche) |
Wender Organ (Entwurf 1699) |
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Bad Berka/Ilm |
Thuringia |
Marienkirche |
Trebs Organ (1742: could not be found) [new: 28, II, P] |
Organ examination 1742 |
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Bad Berka/Ilm |
Thuringia |
Marienkirche |
Böhm Organ (1991) |
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Berlin |
Berlin |
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Brandenburg |
Brandenburg |
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Bückeburg |
Lower Saxony |
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Celle |
Lower Saxony |
Scloßkapelle |
Vieth-/Ott Orgel (1685/1957) |
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Collmen |
Saxony |
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Dörna |
Thuringia |
Georgkirche |
Wender Organ (1702) / current Restaurierung) |
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Dornheim |
Thuringia |
Batholomäuskirche |
Schönefeld Organ (1766/1985) |
Perfomance of Cantata BWV 196 in 1708 |
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Dresden |
Saxony |
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Organ competition w/ Louis Marchand 1717 |
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Dresden |
Saxony |
Sophienkirche |
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Organ recitals 1725 & 1731 |
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Eisenach |
Thuringia |
Georgenkirche |
Schuke Organ (1982) |
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Erfurt |
Thuringia |
Augustinerkirche |
Walcker Organ (1938)
[C.C. Stetzing, J.G. Schröter; new: 39, III, P] |
Organ examination 1716 |
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Gehren |
Thuringia |
Stadtkirche |
Sauer Organ (1895) |
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Gera |
Thuringia |
Salvatorkirche |
Röver Organ (1905)
[J.G. Finke; new: 43, II, P] |
Organ examination 1724 |
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Gera |
Thuringia |
Johanniskirche |
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Organ examination 1724 (?) |
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Gotha |
Thuringia |
Schloßkirche |
Knauff Organ (1850) |
Guest performance of a (lost) passion in 1717 |
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Halle (Saale) |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen |
Schuke Organ (1984)
[C. Cuntzius; new: 65, III, P] |
Competition for organist post 1713
Organ examination 1716: Bach Report |
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Halle (Saale) |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen |
Reichel Organ (1663/64) |
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Hamburg |
Hamburg |
Jacobikirche |
Kemper Organ (1960/70) |
Offer of organist post in 1720 declined |
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Hamburg |
Hamburg |
Jacobikirche |
Schnitger Organ (1693/1961) |
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Heiligengrabe |
Brandenburg |
Klosterkirche |
Baumann Organ (1725) |
Visit 1747 |
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Jena |
Thuringia |
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Karlsbad |
Bohemia |
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Kassel |
Hessen |
Martinskirche, Chorkirche |
Hammer Organ (1958)
[N. Becker; rebuilt: 33+, III, P] |
Organ examination 1732 |
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Kassel |
Hessen |
Martinskirche, Fettagskirche |
Bosch Organ (1964) |
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Kleinzschocher |
Saxony |
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Performance of Peasants’ Cantata BWV 212 1742 |
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Köthen (Anhalt) |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Stadt- und Kathedralkirche St. Jacob |
Ladegast Organ (1872) |
Kapellmeister 1717-1723 |
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Köthen (Anhalt) |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Agnuskirche |
Rühlmann Organ (1881) |
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Langewiesen |
Thuringia |
Stadtkirche |
Schulze Organ (1845)
[J. Albrecht; new: ?] |
Organ examination 1706 |
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Leipzig |
Saxony |
Thomaskirche |
Sauer Organ (1889/1908) |
Kantor 1723-1750 |
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Leipzig |
Saxony |
Thomaskirche |
Woehl Organ (2000) |
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Leipzig |
Saxony |
Thomaskirche |
Swallows' Nest Organ |
The organ was repaired by Z. Hildebrandt in 1727 to make it playable again, probably at Bach's request for the 1st performance of SMP (BWV 244) in 1727. |
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Leipzig |
Saxony |
Nikolaikirche |
Ladegast-/Sauer Organ (1862/1902)) |
Kantor 1723-1750 |
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Leipzig |
Saxony |
Paulinerkirche |
Scheibe Organ [new: 53, III, P] |
Organ examination 1717 |
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Leipzig |
Saxony |
Johanniskirche |
Scheibe Organ [ new: 22, II, P] |
Organ examination 1743: Bach Report |
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Lübeck |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Marienkirche |
Hauptorgel: Kemper Organ (1968) |
Studies with D. Buxtehude 1705 |
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Lübeck |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Marienkirche |
Totentanzorgel: Führer Organ (1985/86) |
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Lübeck |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Marienkirche |
Briefkapelle: Schwarz Organ: (1723) |
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Lüneburg |
Lower Saxony |
Michaeliskirche |
Dropa/-Furtwängler & Hammer-Kemper-und Hillebrand Organ (1708/1873/1931/1956/1974) |
Studies at Michaelisschule 1700-1702 |
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Meiningen |
Thuringia |
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Merseburg |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Dom |
Thayssner-/Hildebrandt-/Ladegast Organ (1697/1716/1734/1855) |
Visit in 1735 |
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Mühlhausen |
Thuringia |
Divi |
Wender-/Schuke Organ (1709/1958) [rebuilt: 37, III, P] |
Organist 1707-1708
Organ examination 1708: Bach Report |
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Mühlhausen |
Thuringia |
Marienkirche |
Wender Organ [rebuilt; 43, III, P] |
Organ examination 1735 |
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Naumburg |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Wenzelkirche |
Hildebrandt Organ (1746) [new: 53, III, P] |
Organ examination 1746: Bach Report |
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Ohrdruf |
Thuringia |
Trinitatiskirche |
Ratzmann Organ (1814) |
Living with his brother Johann Christoph Bach, and studies at Lyceum 1695-1700 |
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Pomßen |
Saxony |
Kirche |
Richter Organ |
Visit to perform on an obsequies 1727 |
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Potsdam |
Brandenburg |
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Ronneburg |
Thuringia |
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Sangerhausen |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Jacobikirche |
Hildebrandt Organ (1728) |
Successful application for a post as town organist in 1702; by ducal interference, the post is given to someone else |
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Schleiz |
Thuringia |
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Guest performance at the court of Count Reuss 1721 |
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Stöntzsch
/Hochstein |
Saxony |
Stadtkirche |
Schmieder Organ (1731/32)
[rebuilt: 12, I, P] |
Organ examination in 1731 & 1732 |
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Störmthal |
Saxony |
Kreuzkirche |
Hildebrandt Organ (1723) [new: 14, I, P] |
Organ examination & performance of Festival Cantata BWV 194 1723 |
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Taubach |
Thuringia |
Dorfkirche |
Trebs Organ (1710: not survived)
[new: 11, I, P] |
Organ examination 1710 |
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Taubach |
Thuringia |
Dorfkirche |
Witzmanb Organ (1850) |
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Wechmar |
Thuringia |
St.-Viti-Kirche |
Ratzmann Organ (1844) |
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Weimar |
Thuringia |
Former Schloßkapelle |
Compenius Organ (1658: not survived)
[H.N. Trebs; rebuilt: 23, II, P] |
Laquery and musician 1703
Organist and chamber musician 1708-1717
Organ examination 1712-1714 |
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Weimar |
Thuringia |
former Schloßkapelle |
Bidermann-Positiv (1658: not survived) |
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Weimar |
Thuringia |
Herderkirche |
Walcker Organ (1907) |
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Weißenfels |
Saxony-Anhalt |
Schloßkapelle |
Förner-Voigt Organ (1985) |
Visits 1723, 1725, 1729, 1739 |
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Weißensee |
Thuringia |
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[C.W. Schäfer; new: ?, II, P] |
Organ examination 1737 |
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Wiederau |
Brandenburg |
Schloß |
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Performance of Hommage Cantata BWV 30a 1737 |
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Zeitz |
Saxony-Anhalt |
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Zerbst |
Saxony-Anhalt |
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Guest performance 1722 |
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Zschortau |
Saxony |
Nicolaikirche |
Herming Organ |
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Zschortau |
Saxony |
Nicolaikirche |
Scheibe Organ (1746/1870)
[new: 17, II, P] |
Organ examination 1746: Bach Report |
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Unknown |
? |
? |
[H.A. Countzius; new, ?] |
Organ examination 1748 |
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Main specs of original organ examined by Bach: number of stops & sections, manuals, pedal. |
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Organ Builders: associated with J.S. Bach |
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Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688-1757)
Heinrich Nikolaus Trebs (1678-1748)
Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost (c1680/1681-1759)
Johann Friedrich Wender (1655-1729)
Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731)
Arp Schnitger (1648–1719)
Gottfried Silbermann (1683–1753)
Walcker Orgelbau (E.F. Walcker Orgelbau) – Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg) |
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Main Sources: |
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Hans Theodor David & Arthur Mendel: The Bach Reader - A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents (revised edition: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1966)
Martin Petzoldt: Bachstäten Ein Reiseführer zu Johann Sebastian Bach (Insel Verlag, 2000), pp 289-324
Christoph Wolff: Johann Sebastian Bach - The Learned Musician (W.E. Norton & Company, 2000), pp 143, 208 |
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Bibliography: |
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Lynn Edwards Butler: Leipzig's Organs in the Time of Bach, in Keyboard Perspectives, Vol. 3 (recently published by the Westfield Center)
W. L. Sumner: Article in American Organist (1985)
Peter Williams: The Organ Music of J. S. Bach, Vol. 3, esp chapters 16-17
Jakob Adlung: Musica mechanica organoedi (1768), and Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit (1758)
Malcolm Boyd (editor): Oxford Composer Companion: J.S. Bach (Oxford Composer Companions) |
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Bach-Dokumente . Herausgegeben vom Bach-Archiv Leipzig. Supplement zu Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke
- Bd. I: Schrinstucke von der Hand J. S. Bachs, hrsg. von Werner Neumann und Hans-Joachim Schulze (Leipzig & Kassel 1963)
- Bd. II: Fremdschriftliche und gedruckte Dokumente zur Lebensgeschichte Johann Sebastian Bachs 1685-1750, hrsg. von W. Neumann und Hans-Joachim Schulze (Leipzig & Kassel, 1969)
- Bd. III: Dokumente zum Nachwirken Johann Sebastian Bachs 1750-1800. Hrsg. von Hans-Joachim Schulze. (Leipzig & Kassel, 1972)
Karl Geiringer: Die Musikerfamilie Bach. Leben und Wirken in drei Jahrhunderren (München 1958)
Marrin Petzoldt & Joachim Petri: Ehre sei dir Gott gesungen. Bilder und Texte zu Bachs Leben als Christ und seinem Wirken fur die Kirche (Berlin 1990) (2. Auflage)
Philipp Spitta: Johann Sebastian Bach, 2 Bände (Leipzig, 1873 & 1880)
Charles Sanford Terry: Johann Sebastian Bach. Eine Lebensgeschichte (Leipzig, 1929); Neue Ausgabe: it 2588. (Frankfurr am Main & Leipzig, 1999)
Percy M. Young: Die Bachs 1500-1800 (Leipzig, 1978)
George F. Stauffer & Ernest May (editors): J.S. Bach as Organist: His Instruments, Music and Performance Practices (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986) |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (March 2011) |
