Hans Christoph Fritzsche (before 1629 – 1674 in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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) was a German
organ builder
Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs.
The Organ builders , organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of Organ stop, stops, Manual (mu ...
from
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
who worked in northern Germany, Denmark and southern Sweden.
Life
Fritzsche was the son of the organ builder
Gottfried Fritzsche from his first marriage. In 1655, he established his workshop in Copenhagen. There were family ties to
Friederich Stellwagen
Friederich Stellwagen (baptized 7 February 1603 – buried 2 March 1660) was a pipe organ builder active in the region of northeast Germany between Hamburg and Stralsund in the mid 17th century. He learned with Gottfried Fritzsche and eventua ...
, as he married Fritzsche's sister Theodora. His son-in-law
Hans Heinrich Cahman married his daughter Anna Christina and continued the business after Fritzsche died during work on the new building in
Hamburg-Neuenfelde.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fritzsche, Hans Christoph
German pipe organ builders
Date of birth unknown
Place of birth unknown
1674 deaths