Frobenius is a
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firm of
organ
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builders.
History
Theodor Frobenius was born into a family of organ builders on 7 October 1885 in
Weikersheim
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History
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,
Bavaria. From the age of 13, he trained as an organ builder at August Laukhuff in his home town. He spent four years in the workshop and then another three and a half years as a
journeyman with other German organ builders. He met the Danish organ builder A.C. Zachariassen. In 1907, he moved to
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
where Zachariassen had just taken over an organ workshop. Frobenius's original plan was to spend only a year or two in Denmark, but ended up settling in the country on a permanent basis after meeting his future wife while working on the renovation of the organ in
Viborg Cathedral.
Frobenius Orgelbyggeri (Th. Frobenius & Sons / Th. Frobenius & Sønner Orgelbyggeri A/S) was founded in
Copenhagen by Theodor Frobenius (1885–1972) in 1909. The firm moved to
Lyngby in 1925. Theodor's sons Walther and Erik joined the company in 1944, at the same time that they began to build organs in the classical tradition, with
mechanical actions and slider
windchest
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s. They build organs with characteristic modern casework, usually arranging the pipework of each manual such that three to six repeating arrangements of front pipes are shown in the façade. Their organ development after 1925 was in the style of the
Organ Reform Movement and
neo-classical design.
Notable Frobenius organs
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Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark, 89 stops (1928-2001) ''(The largest church organ in Denmark)''
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The Queen's College, Oxford, 22 stops (1965)
*Church of the Assumption, Tullamore, Ireland, 53 stops (1965; relocated from
Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen in 1994)
*First Church Congregational, United Church of Christ,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 40 stops (1972)
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Thisted Kirke, 44 stops (1972)
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Ribe Domkirke, 50 stops (1973/1994)
*St Mortens Kirke,
Næstved, 44 stops (1975)
*Vangede Kirke,
Gentofte, 40 stops (1979)
*
Robinson College, Cambridge, 26 stops (1979)
*
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Japan
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, 45 stops (1984)
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All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, 39 stops (1988)
*Opstandelseskirken,
Albertslund, 36 stops (1992)
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Dorfkirche Marienfelde,
Berlin, 32 stops (1994)
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Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 stops (1998) ''(The 1000th organ built by Frobenius)''
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Jørlunde Kirke
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In the late Viking age and early medieval age, Jørlunde was the center of the Hvide clan. Jørlunde Church (''Joerlunde Kirke'') was erected by Skjalm ...
, Denmark, 24 stops (2009) ''(Tonal design by
Frederik Magle)''
*
Oundle School, England 37 stops (1984)
*
Lancing College Chapel
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, England, 20 stops (1986)
Sources
Other sources
*Guy Oldham, Ole Olesen: "Frobenius"
Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2007-06-25)
*N. Friis: ''Th. Frobenius & Co 1909–1959'' (Kongens Lyngby, 1959)
*P.J. Basch: ''Frobenius to the Americas'', in ''Music: the AGO and RCCO Magazine'' VI (1972)
External links
Official Website(in Danish/English)
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Danish companies established in 1909
Manufacturing companies established in 1909
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Denmark
Pipe organ building companies
Companies based in Rudersdal Municipality