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Johannes Thomas Forceville (1696–1750) was an organ builder and son of the famous organ builder Johannes Baptist Forceville (1660–1739). He is therefore often called "the younger".
Johannes Thomas Forceville (1696–1750) was an organ builder and son of the famous organ builder Johannes Baptist Forceville (1660–1739). He is therefore often called "the younger".
Biography
Johannes Thomas Forceville was born inAntwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
, where he was baptized on 5 July 1696. He was the son of Jean-Baptist, the first organ builder of the Forceville family who had moved to Antwerp from Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audomar, ...
, and his first wife Magdalena Cannaert. He received his education mainly from his father during the construction of the organ for St. Gudula in Brussels
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between 1706 and 1718. In the period 1711–1713 he also collaborated with his father on the construction of the organ in the in Ekeren
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Brussels remained his chief area of activity. He started working autonomously since at least 1734, when he restored the organ of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken
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in association with Egide Le Blas. He returned to the atelier of his father in 1737, succeeding him in the works for the Chapelle royale of Brussels
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. He delivered a new organ with eight registers in (, 1744). He died in 1750 while working on a larger commission in the in Grimbergen
Grimbergen () is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, 10 km north of the capital Brussels. It comprises the towns of Beigem, Grimbergen, Humbeek, and Strombeek-Bever. In 2017, it had a population of 37,030 and an are ...
. This organ was finished by .
See also
*Forceville (organ builders)
The Forceville family were a family of organ builders from the Southern Netherlands based in Antwerp.
Joannes Baptista Forceville (1655–1739), sometimes called "father of the Flemish Rococo organ" was born in Saint-Omer, where he was apprentice ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forceville, Johannes Thomas 1696 births 1750 deaths Belgian pipe organ builders People from Antwerp