Four Organs from Luebek Germany

 

I have had these four cards for several years. I think I must have purchased them as a group. Several traits link them together. I am going to treat them as a group in this longer post. One nice thing to me is that a previous owner made notes on these cards. I am going to rely on those notes primarily for this post. My thanks are expended to my friend Ed Tompkins who connected me with Melanie Edelman who translated the text on the cards into English. Also, thanks to Barry Jordan for transcribing some English that was difficult to decipher. Also, thanks to my wife Libby for help with this entry and so many other things.

Postcards 1, images 1 and 2  
Jacobi-Kirche Grossorgel

Lübeck - Jacobs Church - Large organ Gothic brick from 1300s Jacobs church still has the older small organ. Pre-Bach sound (resonance). Even today spiritual pre-Bach music is played every Thursday evening at 8 o clock.

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Photographs 2, images 3 and 4 

Lübeck Jacobi-Kirch Kleine Orgel

Lübeck- Jacobs church - small organ Gothic brick from the 1300s Completed in 1637 in breastwork and Ruckpositiv. The sound (resonance) from pre-Bach period was maintained. Spiritual music is played regularly at 8 o clock on Thursday evenings. (pre-Bach music) The Jacobs church has 2 organs. Still also a large organ. Lübeck is a city of organs. It has some of the oldest in Europe.

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Postcards 3, images 5 and 6 

Lübeck Marienkirche Mittelsmerggmit Orgel

Zerstört Restauriert - destroyed / restored) The English text: My dear Dr. McEacherin. I am sending you all the famous organs. Sorry I never heard them played on but was very much impressed so far. I am so glad, knowing you happy in your lovely home. Are you studying the Brahms?; and what about your lectures? (Ring!) I'll be in London from Sept 16 until end of Oct, then back! Leaving for our vacation Aug. 11, address above. 

Peierls Hotel Pension Gerlitzenhaus 

Much love. Lois WP under. practice practice. 

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Postcard 4 images 7 and 8

Lübeck Mariankirche Bachorgel

Bach organ destroyed but renovated/restored Dietrich Buxtehude played on this Dance of Death organ. When Bach visited him, he was excited about its sound. Here the evening music took place.

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Great Organs

Smaller Organ

Marienkirche Mittelsmerggmit

Lübeck Marienkirche

Pellworm (GER): Alte Kirche

 

I got this pipe organ postcard as a trade via Postcrossing. I joined Postcrossing in April 2021 and have about a dozen cards sent and received so far. This was a direct trade. I was trying to get rid of one card, a cathedral interior that at one time I thought had an organ in it (it does not). I wound up trading away a different card, but got this one from Germany for it. It shows the organ in the Pellworm Alte Kirche. It is a Schnitger instrument from 1711. Here is a nice article with details. My card is sepia-toned, in mint condition. The reverse gives a very short summary of the instrument and location. Also, "Verlag F. Spacek & Co, 2250 Husum, Lorenz-Lassen-Str. 28. Pellworm is located on an island in the North Sea off the German coast. Husum is the nearest and most directly-accessible larger town on the mainland. Both are quite near the border with Denmark. I received the card below from a friend. It is a prepaid German postal card with an impression of a fairly common definitive issue (the President Gustav Heinemann series of the early 1970's). It shows a color image of the exterior of the Pellworm church. I enjoyed the serendipity of coming across a postcard of a church organ and a postcard of the same church's exterior in my collection.

 

 

Berlin, Dom

This postcard features the instrument in the Dom (Cathedral) in Berlin, Germany. The instrument was completed in 1905 by the Sauer firm of Frankfurt, and at the time had 113 ranks of pipes, nearly 7300 pipes total. The organ endures today in its original condition, without significant changes due to changing tastes and additions. It was designed to be and remains a dramatic example of late-Romantic organ-building.

Passau, Domorgel

The organ in the Passau Cathedral has long been famous for being one of the largest in the world. I believe it is currently still the largest church instrument in Europe. This card features the console.The five manuals are only slightly less intimidating than the setter buttons for the combination action. The post card is not that old; if I read the postmark correctly, it's from 1958. The organ currently has 5 manuals, and 233 ranks, and nearly 18,000 pipes.