Gottfried Heinrich Gloger (1710,

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– April 1779,

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) was a German organbuilder and organist.

Biography

Gloger was born as the third son of the organbuilder Johann Heinrich Gloger. His elder brothers were

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(1702-1760) and

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(c. 1704-1708-1773); all three studied under their father. His first organ-building training was under his father, afterwards he moved onto studying with the

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students Christian Vater and the Danish

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. Gloger came to

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as early as 1738, and in 1746 the King of Norway awarded him the royal privilege of organ builder. He was the greatest organ builder in Norway during the 18th century, which was the golden age of European organbuilding. Gloger married four times (1745–1763 with Pernille Nielsdatter Klastrup, 1770–1772 with Christina Lund, 1773 with Lucia Rasbech and 1774 until his death with Ester Abel Parelius). His first three wives passed away. His most famous work is the organ of the Kongsberg church, a very significant amount of stops survive. It was restored in the 1980s by Jurgen Ahrend. In addition, the facades of other instruments he built survive. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gloger, Gottfried Heinrich German pipe organ builders 1710 births 1779 deaths People from Hanover