Karl Ventzke (25 June 1933 – 2005) was a German procurator and
musical instrumentologist.
Life and achievement
Born in
Kragen, Pommern, Ventzke studierte bis 1959 an der
Hochschule für Politik München. Bis 2002 war er hauptberuflich als Prokurist in
Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.
History
Roman era
The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...
tätig.
He was
presbyter of the
Bavarian School of Public Policy from 1967 to 1996. He was a member of the Kreissynodalvorstand from 1972 to 1988 and a Preaching aid from 1973 to 1992. He was the author and co-author of several publications on the history of the Protestant congregation in
Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.
History
Roman era
The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...
, the church district of
Jülich
Jülich (; in old spellings also known as ''Guelich'' or ''Gülich'', nl, Gulik, french: Juliers, Ripuarian: ''Jöllesch'') is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As a border region betwe ...
and on musicological topics.
In 1999, Ventzke bequeathed his collection of historical
wind instrument
A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitc ...
s to the Musicological Institute of the
Universität Tübingen for teaching and research purposes. For this donation, the University of Tübingen awarded him an
Dr. phil. h. c. The collection was opened in May 2000, is displayed in the back room of the library and is accessible to interested parties by appointment. It comprises more than 100 wind instruments, mainly from the 19th century. Focal points are
* the wind instruments of the symphony orchestra at the end of the 19th century
* the development of the flute from 1800 to 1925
* bassoon and basson: by Jean-Nicolas Savary (1824) until
Heckel (ca. 1910)
* the wind quintet around 1810/20
* French and German saxophones.
The collection thus documents the tumultuous technical developments and new constructions in instrument making in the 19th century.
Ventzke was
curator
A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...
of the Schenkel-Schoeller-Stift in Düren-
Niederau
Niederau is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany.
Niederau station is located on the Leipzig–Dresden railway, which also used to have Oberau Tunnel
The Oberau Tunnel (''Oberauer Tunnel'') was the second railway tunn ...
. He was a recipient of the citizens' medal of the city of Düren and the of the
Diakony in gold.
Düren mourns Karl Ventzke.
Aachener Zeitung, 3 May 2005.
Publications (selection)
* ''Schema zur Bestimmung der Löcherherstellung auf Blasinstrumenten.'' Verlag Moeck, Celle 1980,
* ''Porträts und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten.'' Verlag Moeck, Celle 1987,
* ''Wilhelm Wester (1889-1960).'' In Dirk Chr. Siedler (ed.): ''Wilhelm Wester. Ein Dürener Pfarrer in Zeiten des Umbruchs.'' Alektor-Verlag, Berlin 2009, , pp. 19ff.
* ''Die Saxophone. Beiträge zu ihrer Bau-Charakteristik, Funktion und Geschichte.'' Verlag PPV Medien 2001,
Further reading
* Nachruf in ''Beiträge zur Astronomiegeschichte'' vol. 8, 2005, .
* Dirk Chr. Siedler (ed.): ''Wilhelm Wester. Ein Dürener Pfarrer in Zeiten des Umbruchs.'' Alektor-Verlag, Berlin 2009, , pp. 221ff. (List of publications).
References
External links
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* http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/dueren/dueren-trauert-um-karl-ventzke-1.125828
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German musical instrument makers
1933 births
2005 deaths
People from Pomerania