Jürgen Ahrend

German organ builder

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German organ builder

Places

Germany

Musical instrument maker Organ maker

Work field

Music

Gender

Male

Birth

30 April 1930, Göttingen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Age

94 years

The details

Biography

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.

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)

Ahrend & Brunzema (1954–1971)

year	opus	town	church	kind	manuals	stops	information
1954/88	1	Larrelt (D)	Larrelt Church	R	I/p	11	organ
1955	4	Westerhusen (D)	Westerhusen Church	R	I/p	7	organ
1957	9	Uttum (D)	Uttum Church	R	I	9	organ
1957 (1997)	10	Veldhausen (D)	Altref. Church	NB	I (II/P)	6 (13)	organ
1959/2002	18	Scheveningen (NL)	Zorgvlietkerk	NB	III/P	26	organ
1961	25	Rysum (D)	Rysum Church	R	I	7	organ
1961	27	Aurich (D)	Lambertikirche	NB	II/P	25	organ
1962	29	Espel (NL)	Ref. Church	NB	I	7	organ
1962	30	Bremen (D)	St. Martini	NB	III/P	33	organ
1963	34	Wassenaar (NL)	Kivietkerk	NB	II/P	21
1965	41	Amsterdam (NL)	Oude Kerk (transept organ)	NB	II/P	17	organ
1965	43	Amsterdam (NL)	Oude Waalse Kerk	R	II/P	26	organ
1965	40	Groningen (NL)	Magnaliakerk	NB	II	13	organ
1965	42	Den Haag (NL)	Johanneskapel	NB	II/P	14	organ
1966	45	Bremen (D)	Ev. Church Oberneuland	NB	II/P	22	organ
1967	49	Castrop-Rauxel (D)	Church Schwerin-Frolinde	NB	III/P	27
1968	51	Aalten (NL)	Geref. Zuiderkerk	NB	II/P	16	organ
1968	58	Haarlem (NL)	Mennonite Church	NB	III/P	24	organ
1969	62	Hamburg (D)	Ref. Church Altona	NB	II/P	15	organ
1966/69/87	65	Marienhafe (D)	Marienkirche	R	II/p	20	organ
1970	68	Frankfurt am Main (D)	Cantate Domino	NB	III/P	33	organ, p. 162f.
1970	69	Uelsen (D)	Ref. Church	NB	II/P	20	organ
1970/76	70	Innsbruck (A)	Hofkirche	R	II/p	15	organ
1963-71	74	Leer (D)	Große Kirche	R	III/P	37	organ

Jürgen Ahrend (1972–2004)

year	opus	town	church	kind	manuals	stops	information
1972	76	Eugene	University of Oregon	NB	IV/P	38	organ
1966-73	79	Ochtersum (D)	St. Materniani	R	I/p	9	organ
1972-75, 1993/94	81	Stade (D)	St. Cosmae et Damiani	R	III/P	42	organ
1974	83	Taizé (F)	Eglise de la Réconciliation (nun in Lyon)	NB	III/P	28	organ
1975	84	Hamburg (D)	Christengemeinschaft Johnsallee	NB	II/P	18
1975	90	Frankfurt am Main (D)	Ev. Church Alt-Hoechst	NB	II/P	18
1975	92	Sloten (NL)	Ref. Church	R	II/p	16	organ
1977	97	Duderstadt (D)	St. Servatius	NB	III/P	28
1978	98	Edinburgh (GB)	Reid-Concerthall	NB	II/P	21
1978	100	Joure (NL)	Ref. Church	NB	III/P	27	organ
1979	103	Melbourne (AUS)	Monash University	NB	IV/P	45	organ
1980	104	Leiden (NL)	Hooglandse Kerk	R	II/P	24	organ
1981	105	Toulouse (F)	Musée des Augustins	NB	III/P	33	organ
1982/99	107	Lüdingworth (D)	St. Jacobi der Ältere	R	III/P	35	organ
1978-83	108	Weener (D)	St. Georg Church	R	II/P	29	organ
1976/77/83/84	111	Groningen	Martinikerk	R	III/P	52	organ
1985	115	Porrentruy (CH)	Lycée Cantonale	NB	II/P	30	organ
1981-85	116	Norden (D)	Ludgeri-Kirche	R	III/P	46	organ
1985	118	Stellichte (D)	Ss. Georg, Christopherus et Jodocus	Rc	II/p	12	organ
1986	120	Tokyo (Japan)	St. Gregory House	NB	II/p	13
1986/2007	121/178	Kantens (NL)	Ref. Church	R/Rc	II/p	15	organ
1986/87	127	Wien (A)	Michaelerkirche	R	III/P	40	organ
1987-90	128	Stade (D)	St. Wilhadi	R	III/P	40	organ
1989	130	Tsukuba (Japan)	Bach-Grove	NB	II/P	19
1989	131	Wetzlar (D)	Franziskanerkirche	NB	II/P	22	organ
1990	134	Milano (I)	San Simpliciano	NB	III/P	35	organ
1991	135	Pilsum (D)	Kreuzkirche	R	II/p	16	organ
1991	138	Zwettl (A)	Stift	R	III/P	35	organ
1990-93	139	Hamburg (D)	St. Jacobi	R	IV/P	60	organ
1993	140	Payerne (CH)	Pfarrkirche	Rk	II/P	22	organ
1993/94	143	Trondheim (N)	Nidaros Domkirken	R	II/P	30	organ
1994/95	144	Osteel (D)	Warnfried Church	R	II/p	13	organ
1995	145	München (D)	Deutsches Museum	NB	II/P	17
1997	147	Landshut (D)	St. Jodok	NB	II/P	15
1997	149	Tokyo (Japan)	Casals Hall, Nihon University	NB	III/P	41	organ
1997	150	Stuttgart (D)	Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart	NB	II/P	15	organ
1998	151	Logabirum (D)	Luth. Church	NB	I/P	10	organ
1997/98	153	Dornum (D)	St. Bartholomäus Church	R	III/P	32	organ
2000	157	Lübeck (D)	Lübeck Cathedral (little organ)	R	I/p	10	organ
2000	158	Kongsberg (N)	Kongsberg kirke	R	III/P	42	organ
2001	159	Trebel (D)	Luth. Church	R	II/P	19	organ
2002	160	Leer (D)	Lutherkirche	NB	III/P	39	organ
2002	161	Köln (D)	Ursulinenkirche	NB	II/P	19	organ, p. 10f.
2002/03	162	Wilten (A)	Stiftskirche	R	I/P	4 (10)	organ
2003/04	163	Altenbruch (D)	St. Nikolai	R	III/P	35	organ
2004	164	Hokksund (N)	Haug, Norway kirke	NB	II/P	22	organ
2004	165/183	Oldersum (D)	Ref. Church	NB	II/P	16	organ

Hendrik Ahrend (since 2005)

year	opus	town	church	kind	manuals	stops	information
2005	170	Notre Dame/Indiana	University of Notre Dame	NB	I	5
2005	171	Pernegg (A)	Stift Pernegg	R	II/P	18
2006	172	Calgary (CA)	University of Calgary	NB	II/P	21	organ
2007	176	Herzogenaurach (D)	St. Otto	NB	II/P	26	organ
2007	177	Vaison-la-Romaine (F)	Cathédrale Notre Dame	NB	II/P	20	organ
2007	178	Kantens (NL)	Antoniuskerk	Rk	II/p	15	organ
2007	179	Våler, Hedmark (N)	Våler kirkelige fellesråd	R	I	8	organ, p. 10
2007/08	180	Leer (D)	Kath.-Apostol. Kirche	NB	II/P	10
2009	187	Venice (I)	Chiesa di San Salvador	NB	I	8	organ
2009	188	Melle (D)	St. Matthäus	R	II/P	23	organ
2009	189	Königs Wusterhausen (D)	Kreuzkirche	NB	II/P	19	organ
2010	194	Brixen (I)	„Unsere Liebe Frau“	R	I/P
000000002011-01-01-00002010/11	195	Hollern (D)	St. Mauritius	R	II/P	24
000000002012-01-01-00002011/12	198	Worpswede (D)	Zionskirche	NB	II/P	24	Orgel
000000002012-01-01-00002011/12	199	Buttforde, Wittmund (D)	St.-Marien-Kirche	R	I/p	9	organ
000000002013-01-01-00002012/13	201	Badia, South Tyrol (I)	St. Leonhardo	NB	III/P	000000000035-01-01-0000about 35
2013	202	Sankt Peter (D)	Maria Lindenberg	NB	II/P	17
000000002014-01-01-00002013/14	203	Rinteln (D)	Kloster Möllenbeck	R	II/P	20
000000002017-01-01-00002014-17	205	Leer (D)	Große Kirche	R	III/P	48	organ

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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