More than 350 years Arp Schnitger (1648-1719)

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Signature of Arp Schnitger Organ in Uithuizen
Stamp of the organ St. Jacobi Hamburg
Cappel

Arp Schnitger's signature (Golzwarden 1700)

German "Bundespost" stamp
300 years Schnitger organ St. Jacobi Hamburg

Uithuizen

Introduction
Map of Schnitger organs (Hans Werner Coordes)
Literature on Schnitger
Discography on Schnitger organs
Arp Schnitger at www.youtube.com
Interview with Bernhardt H. Edskes on Arp Schnitger (In Dutch)
Designs by Arp Schnitger
Arp Schnitger Gesellschaft

Schnitger as a pupil of Berendt Huβ
Glückstadt, 1674  (The organcase was transferred in 1940 to Burg on the island of Fehmarn)
Stade, St Cosmae, 1668-1673 www.orgelakademie.de
www.kirchenmusikstade.de
Stade, St. Wilhaldi, 1678, burned 1724 www.orgelakademie.de
www.kirchenmusikstade.de

 

New organs which still exist (case and (part) of pipework)
Description Weblinks

Bergstedt, Evangelisch Lutheranische Kirche  

Website of the church

Blankenhage, Dorfkirche, 1686

Website

Calberlah, Kapelle, 16xx 

Website of the church

Cappel, St. Peter und Paul, 1680

Förderverein Arp-Schnitger-Orgel-Cappel  Website2

Dedesdorf, St. Laurentius, 1698

Website of Förderkreis Arp - Schnitger - Orgel an St. Laurentius zu Dedesdorf e.V.

Eenum, Hervormde Kerk, 1704

 

Faro, Cathedral, Portugal, 1701 

Article (in German) by Dr. Gerhard Doderer  

 

Photo  

 

Church

Ganderkesee, St. Cyprian und Cornelius, 1699 

http://www.diering-apotheke.de/arp-schnitger.htm
http://www.kirche-ganderkesee.de

Godlinze, Hervormde Kerk, 1704

 

Grasberg, Evangelisch Lutherische Kirche, 1694 

http://www.ag-lemke.de of the organist Gerhild Lemke
http://www.arp-schnitger-grasberg.de Grasberg, Findorffkirche
http://www.grasberg.de/default.cfm?mid=28353

Groningen, Der Aa Kerk, 1702

 

Groningen, Pelstergasthuiskerk, 1693

Website 

Hamburg, St. Jacobi, 1693 

Website

Hamburg Ochsenwerder, 1707 

Website

Harkstede, Hervormde Kerk, 1696

 

Hollern, 1690

Website

Lüdingworth, St. Jacobi, 1683 

Website

Mariana, Brazil, 1701 

Official website  

 

Website1

 

Website2

 

Website5

 

Website6

  Website 7 

 

Article (in German) by Dr. Gerhard Doderer

Mensingeweer, Hervormde Kerk, 1699

 

Moreira, Monastery, Portugal, 1701 

Article (in German) by Dr. Gerhard Doderer

Nieuw Scheemda, Hervormde Kerk, 1698

 

Neuenfelde, 1688 

http://www.schnitgerorgel.de 

 

http://www.sfchristo.net/neuenfelde.html

Noordbroek, Hervormde Kerk, 1696

http://www.schnitgerorgel.nl

Norden, St. Ludgeri, 1688, 1692

http://norden-ludgeri.de 

Pellworm, Alte Kirche, 1710/11 

http://www.alte-kirche.de

Sneek, Grote Kerk, 1711

 

Steinkirchen, St. Martini et Nicolai, 1687

Website

Uithuizen, Hervormde Kerk, 1701

http://www.arpschnitgerorgeluithuizen.nl

Weener, Reformierte Kirche, 1710

 

 

Last organs, which Schnitger himself did not complete

Zwolle, Grote Kerk, 1719-1721 

Website

Itzehoe, St. Laurentzius, 1719 (Only case and part of the front pipes survived)

Website

   

 

New built organs which still exist (organcase only)

Abbehausen, 1710

 

Accum St. Willehad, 1705

 

Clausthal-Zellerfeld, St. Salvator, 1702 

Website

Bülkau, 1677/79

 

Estebrügge, 1702

 

Eutin, Schlosskapelle, 1693

 

Gross-Quenstedt, 1698

 

Golzwarden, 1698

 

Jork, 1679, 1709 

Website of the church

Königs-Wusterhausen, 1714???

Website

Magdeburg, Heilig Geist Kirche, 1698

 

Oederquart St. Johannes, 1682

 

Pieterburen, Hervormde Kerk, 1700

 

Rendsburg, Christkirche, 1716

 

Strückhausen, 1697

 

Wegeleben,1698

 

 

New built organs which still exist (only partially)

Ferwerd, Hervormde Kerk, 1704/05?, new organ 1872 

Website of the church

Hamburg, St. Georg, 1708

 

Lenzen (Elbe), 1759

Website 

 

Reconstructed organs

 

Berlin-Charlottenburg, Eosanderkapelle, 1706, burned 1944, reconstruction 1970 by Schuke

 


New built organs which were destroyed or replaced with a new organ

Achim, 1699, new organ, 1889

 

Atens, 1696-1697, new organ, 1875, See Oldenbrok

 

Berlin, St. Nikolai, new organ, 1846

 

Berlin, St. Sebastian, new organ,1774

 

Bremen, Dom, 1698. new organ, 1849

 

Bremen, St. Pauli, 1718, bombed, 1944

 

Bremen, St. Stephanie, 1698, burned in 1754

 

Bremen, St. Remberti, 1709, New organ, 1737

 

Bremen, several residence organs

 

Buxtehude, St. Petri, burned in 1853

 

Dargun, Schlosskirche, 1700, destroyed, 1945

 

Esenshamm, 1705, new organ, 1877

 

Groningen, Collegium Musicum?, 1695, disappeared after 1745

 

Groningen, Der Aa Kerk, 1694, destroyed by collapse of the tower 1724

 

Groningen, Lutherse Kerk, 1699, new organ 1896

 

Groningen, residence-organ for a cantor, 1695

 

Gross Ottersleben, 1693

 

Hagelberg, 1693, disappeared

 

Hamburg, Dreifaltigkeitskirche Hamm, 1694/95, new organ, 1834

 

Hamburg, Evangelisch Reformierte Kirche Altona, 1687, New organ, 1832

 

Hamburg, Moorburg, 1695, new organ, 1878

 

Hamburg, Nienstedten, 1680, new organ 1906

 

Hamburg, St. Jacobi, Positif, 1691

 

Hamburg, St. Johannis, Eppendorf, new organ, 1872 

Hamburg, St. Michaelis, 1712-1715, burned in 1750

 

Hamburg, St. Nikolai, 1682-1687, burned in 1842

 

Hamburg, St. Pauli, 1688, new organ, 1721

 

Hamburg, residence-organ for Caspar Anckelmann, 1693

 

Hamburg, residence-organ for D. Abraham Hinckelmann, 1690

 

Hamburg, residence-organ for Frau Fittsche or Fritsche, 16??

 

Hamburg, residence-organ for Johann Friedrich Mayer, 1694

 

Hamburg, residence-organ for Herr Koppesohn, 16??

 

Hohenwarsleben, 1693, new organ, 1901

 

Itzehoe, organ for a lawyer, 1705?, disappeared

 

Kiel, Schlosskapelle, 1702/06, burned in 1838

 

Lamstedt, 1692, new organ, 1907

 

Leeuwarden, Lutherse Kerk, 1704?, new organ 1800

 

Lübeck, Dom, 1696-1699, bombed 1942

 

Langenweddingen, 1703, new organ, 1907

 

Leer, Lutherkirche, 1714, new organ, 1795

Website

Magdeburg-Cracau, 1699, new organ 1960

 

Magdeburg, Kloster Berge, 1699

 

Magdeburg, Nonnenkloster, 17..?, disappeared

 

Magdeburg, St. Johannis, 1695, bombed 1945

 

Magdeburg, St. Ulrich, 1700, bombed 1945

 

Middelstum, Hervormde Kerk, 1695, new organ, 1863

 

Neuenkirchen, 1705, new organ, 1885

 

Oldenbrok, 1696-1697, new organ, 1754

 

Osternburg??, 1715, disappeared, ????

 

Pieterburen, borg Dijksterhuis??, 1702, disappeared, ????

 

Church of one Jonkheer (squire) Poteck, 1694

 

Rastede, 1709, new organ, 1871

 

Sandesneben, 1702, new organ, 1876

 

Scharmbeck, St. Wilhaldi, 1678, new organ, 1734  Website

Schwei, 1683, new organ, 1734, See Atens

 

Selsingen?, 1685, new organ 1798  

Sittensen, 1694/95, new organ, 1862

 

Stade, St. Wilhaldi, 1678, burned in 1724

 

Stade, residence-organ for Johann Dieckmann, 1694

 

Stade, residence-organ for an "Oberinspektor", 1698

 

Stade, residence-organ for Samuel Baldovius

 

Stettin, St. Jacobi, bombed, 1944

 

The Hague, 1695, Residence organ for Mr. Gebhard

 

Wittmund, 1684, new organ, 1775

 


Reconstructed and enlarged organs

Beverstedt, 1709

Website

Bremen, St. Martini, 1705-1709

Website

Bremen, St.Ansgari, 1718

Website

Elmshorn, St. Nikolai, 1684

Website

Flensbrug, St. Nikolai, 1707-1709 

Website

Groningen, St. Martini, 1692

Website

Himmelpforten, St. Marien, 1677

Website

Kirchlinteln, 1677

Website

Langwarden, 1704/1705

 

Mittelnkirchen, St. Bartholomäus, 1688

Website

Peize, Hervormde Kerk, 1696

 

Stade, St. Nikolai, 1677

 


Reconstructed and enlarged organs, destroyed or replaced with a new organ

Bernau, St. Marien, new organ, 1864

 

Bremen, Liebfrauenkirche, 1700, new organ, 1874

 

Delmenhorst, Stadtkirche, 1707, new organ,1880

 

Eckwarden, 1705, new organ, 1856

 

Hamburg, St. Gertrud, 1700, burned in 1842

 

Hamburg-Altona, Hauptkirche, 1704, disappeared, 1743

 

Jade, 1705, new organ, 1739

 

Lunsen, 1710, new organ 18..

 

Magdeburg, St. Jacobi, 1698-1703, bombed 1945

 

Magdeburg, St. Petri, 1699

 

Niehove, Hervormde Kerk, 1692

 

Stollhamm, 1707, new organ, 1848

 

Uithuizermeeden, Hervormde Kerk, 1692

 

Verden-Aller, Dom, 1696, new organ, 1850  


Repaired organs

Assel, 1678

 

Borstel, St. Nikolai, 1677

Website

Freiburg, Niederelbe, 1677

 

Hamburg, Kirchwerder, 1681

Website

Cuxhaven-Ritzebüttel, 1702

 

Noordwolde, 1695

 

Osten, 1680

 

Waddens, 1713, new organ, 1883

 

Zeerijp, 1695

 


Repaired organs, destroyed or replaced with new ones

Burhave, 1705,new organ, 1879

 

Delfzijl, 1691 ,destroyed, 1814

 

Hamburg, Dom, 1701, bombed, 1944

 

Hamburg, St. Maria Magdalena, 1691, sold to Braunschweig?, 1807

 

Hamburg Steinbek, 169., burned in 1881

 

Hamburg, St. Nikolai, little organ, 1701, sold to an unknown place in 1819

 

Hamburg, St. Petri, 1689 burned in 1842

 

Magdeburg, St. Katharinen, 1706, new organ 1798

 

Oldenburg, St. Lamberti, new organ,1800

 

Ratzeburg, Dom, 1698, new organ, 1880

 

Ratzeburg, Stadkirche, 1702, new organ 1791

 

Siddeburen Hervormde Kerk, 1701, new organ, 1821

 

Twielenfleth, 1705, new organ, 1860

 

 

Organs which could be attributed to Schnitger
Hamburg, Pesthofkirche, 1686  
   


Organs for which Schnitger made a proposal

Amsterdam, Ronde Lutherse Kerk, 1701, 1715

 

Basedow, 1681? (German language)

 

Berne, St. Aegidus, 1709

 

Güstrow, Pfarrkirche, 1681 and 1699

 

Lüneburg, St. Michaelis, 1683

 

Lüneburg, St. Johannis, 1683

 

Magdeburg, Dom, 1699

 

Meppel, Hervormde Kerk, 171x

 

Oberndorf, Niederelbe, 1683

 

Uppsala, Sweden, 1676

 

 

Copies of Schnitger instruments

Basel, Waisenhauskirche (CH) Bernhardt Edskes 1994  
Béthune St. Vaast (F),  Orgelbau Felsberg, 2001
Bodin kirke, Führer, 2003  
Emmen, Gereformeerd Vrijgemaakte Kerk Reil, 1987, (burned in 1992)
Göteborg, Örgryte nya kyrka, GOArt-Göteborg, 2000  

Lübeck, Dom

Plans to reconstruct the Arp Schnitger organ

New Haven, Connecticut,Yale University, Marquand Chapel Taylor & Boody Opus 55 reconstruction of the organ in Lüdingworth, without the pedal towers
Scheveningen, Prinses Julianakerk Reil, 1973
   



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