Jürgen Ahrend

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Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930) is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg (St James's Church) as well as building original instruments. He is interviewed extensively in the film Martinikerk Rondeau, released in 2009.

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Awards

21 May 1986 The Niedersachsen award for Culture

19 April 2000 Honorary doctorate from the Monash University, Victoria, Australia

5 May 2007 The Buxtehude-award from the city of Lübeck.

Works (selection)

Roman number = number of manualsArabian number = number of stopsP = independent pedalp = pull down pedalR = restorationRc = reconstructionNB = new built

Literature

25 Jahre Orgelbau Jürgen Ahrend 1954 - 1979. Leer-Loga 1979.

40 Jahre Orgelbau Jürgen Ahrend 1954-1994. Ed. Günter Lade. Leer-Loga 1994. (with list of works and diskografie)

John Hamilton: Ahrend, Jürgen (b. 1930). In: The Organ. An Encyclopedia. Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel (ed.). Routledge, New York and London 2006, ISBN 978-0-415-94174-7, p. 22-23.

Fiori gratulatorii Jürgen Ahrend - Organopoeius. Zum 50jährigen Bestehen der Orgelwerkstatt in Leer und Loga dagli amici e ammiratori. Ed. Peter Golon and Harald Vogel. CSW Druckservice, Grasberg 2004.

Uwe Pape: Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema. In: Organ Yearbook. No. 3, 1972, p. 24-35.

Jürgen Ahrend, organbuilder. Celebrating forty years of his career (1954 - 1994). Ed. James L. Wallmann and Lawrence H. Moe. American Organ Academy, Oakland/CA 1995.

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References

Jürgen Ahrend Wikipedia

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