Friederich Stellwagen (baptized 7 February 1603 – buried 2 March 1660) was a
pipe organ builder active in the
region of northeast Germany between
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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and
Stralsund in the mid 17th century. He learned with
Gottfried Fritzsche and eventually married Fritzsche's daughter, Theodora. In 1634, Stellwagen was granted the
''privilege'' to build organs in
Lübeck
Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...
and after 1645 he was given full charge for maintenance of Lübeck's major organs.
['Stellwagen', Ibo Ortgies, in ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''.]
Stellwagen is particularly noted for his work adding the Rückpositiv, Brustwerk and Pedal to the
Gothic organ of ca. 1480 on the north wall of the Jacobikirche in Lübeck in 1636/37 and then building the new organ that has 24' Principal façade pipes for the giant
brick-gothic Marienkirche in Stralsund that was completed in 1659. Both instruments are still extant and in good condition as examples from the best historic organ building in northern Europe.
Further information for
Stellwagen,
Fritzsche, the
Jacobikirche in Lübeck and the
Rückpositiv and Brustwerk of an organ is available in the German Wikipedia.
An English description of the organ divisions is available here
References
German pipe organ builders
1603 births
1660 deaths
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