Jasper Johannsen (
fl.
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1550) was a 16th-century German organ builder. Not much is known about him, but he is known to have built the famous ”Böhm organ” of
St. John's Church, Lüneburg
with
Hendrik Niehoff, completed in 1553.
The organ was later named after it prominent master,
Georg Böhm, and was played by young
J. S. Bach. Noted Bach scholar
Christoph Wolff says Böhm gave the young Bach lessons here during Bach's residency (1700–1702) at the nearby Michaeliskirche.
References
German pipe organ builders
16th-century German people
Johann Sebastian Bach
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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