The organ case in Roggenburg, built by the Bergmüller altar-joiner family, has housed various stylistically different instruments over its approximately 250-year history.
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The first organ in Roggenburg, completed in 1761 by Ulm organ builder Georg Friedrich Schmahl, had 43 stops across three manuals and pedal, a considerable size for the 18th century.
Performer Biography
Gerhard Weinberger, a professor of organ and director of church music at the Detmold College of Music, is known for his wide repertoire, with a special emphasis on the organ works of J. S. Bach and Max Reger.
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The Roggenburg organ has undergone several significant transformations, including a shift from a Southern German style by Schmahl to a more French character by Johann Nepomuk Holzhey in the late 18th century.
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A new five-manual playing console was installed in the Roggenburg organ in 2008, made possible by a generous donation, and designed to offer organists high comfort and expanded tonal possibilities.
Performer Biography
Beatrice-Maria Weinberger, an organist and choir director in Munich, has performed the complete organ works of Johann Ludwig Krebs, a well-known Bach pupil, with her husband on important Baroque organs in Southern Germany.
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The main organ in the Roggenburg Monastery Church is affectionately known as "The Great Roggenburg Lady" due to its imposing front, considered one of the most elegant organ fronts in Southern Germany.
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