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Johann Dietrich Busch

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Johann Dietrich Busch (27 December 1700 – 18 July 1753) was a German organ builder.

Life

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Born in Mesmerode [de], Wunstorf, Busch was probably a pupil of Arp Schnitger. After Schnitger's death in 1719, he continued his work in the workshop of the Itzeho organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens, who had himself been a journeyman master of Schnitger. From 1728, Busch was in charge of Kastens' Itzeho workshop, as the latter had in the meantime moved the headquarters of his workshop to Copenhagen. In 1733, Busch married Katharina Schütte there, who came from Itzehoe and was in turn Kastens' sister-in-law.

As an independent master craftsman, Busch dominated organ building in and around Hamburg in the period between 1733 and 1753. There is also evidence of numerous repairs, conversions and maintenance contracts in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein as well as in the Oldenburg region.

After his premature death, his son Johann Daniel Busch took over the workshop and completed the work that his father had begun in Dybbøl Sogn [de] and Højer Sogn [de].

Bush died in Itzehoe at the age of 52.

Work (selection)

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Busch can be traced back to the following new organ builds:

Year Location Building Picture Manual Stops Notes
1730 Hamburg Reformierte Kirche
1731–1732 Schleswig Schleswig Cathedral
II/P 38 Extension of the organ (II/P/29) by 4 stops in the Hauptwerk and 5 in the pedal. (?)
1737 Wardenburg Marienkirche
II/P 13 New building; façade and various pipe material preserved
1737 Idensen [de] St. Ursula (Sigwardskirche) Not preserved
1738 Altenhuntorf [de] St.-Jacobi-Kirche II/P 12 New building; replaced by Johann Martin Schmid in 1908
1738 Husby St.-Vincentius-Kirche [de] Not preserved
1737–1739 Jade Trinitatiskirche
II/P 21 New construction using older parts; façade and various pipe material preserved; 2002-2008 restoration by Regina Stegemann.[1]
1739 Hamburg-Billwerder St. Nikolai New building; destroyed in the fire of the church in 1911
1739–1740 Munkbrarup Laurentiuskirche Façade preserved
1740 Broager (DK) St. Marien Façade and various pipe material preserved
1741–1742 Hamburg Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen IV/P 58 Umbau
1741–1743 Grundhof St. Marienkirche
Several times rebuilt
1743–1744 Hamburg-Altona St. Trinitatis Neubau; 1943 zerstört
1743–1745 Hamburg Neues Hiobshospital New building
1744–1745 Hamburg-Ottensen Christianskirche New building; façade and various pipe material preserved
1744–1747 Hamburg-St.Georg Dreieinigkeitskirche III/P 49 New building; Replaced by new building by Ernst Röver in 1888/89
1749 Uetersen Klosterkirche II/P 31 New construction using older stops; façade and various pipe material preserved
1751 Altengamme St.-Nicolai-Kirche II/P 24 New construction; façade and various pipe material preserved
1752 Kirchwerder St. Severini II/P Repair of the organ by Hinrich Speter (1641)
1752 Dybbøl Sogn [de] Dybbøl Church New building; completed after his death by Johann Daniel Busch; the facade (1752) is preserved and houses an organ (1976/2012) by Marcussen & Søn

References

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  1. ^ Orgel in Jade, retrieved 22 February 2021.

Further reading

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  • Barbara Callies (2002). Die Orgelbauerfamilie Busch. Hamburg: Eigenverlag.
  • Gustav Fock (1974). Arp Schnitger und seine Schule. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Orgelbaues im Nord- und Ostseeküstengebiet. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 3-7618-0261-7.
  • Günter Seggermann, Wolfgang Weidenbach (1992). Denkmalorgeln zwischen Nord- und Ostsee. Kassel: Merseburger. ISBN 3875371933.
  • Theodor Cortum (1928). Die Orgelwerke der Ev.-luth. Kirche im Hamburger Staate. Hamburg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)