• Franz Caspar Schnitger (baptised 15 October 1693 in Neuenfelde, buried 5 March 1729 in Zwolle) was a German organ-builder active in the Netherlands. Franz...
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    form in the 18th century when it was expanded by Arp Schnitger, his son Franz Caspar Schnitger and his successor Albertus Antonius Hinsz. It has 52 speaking...
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    Schnitger was married to Gertrude Otte (1665-1707). His sons Franz Caspar and Johann Jürgen Schnitger trained with their father and continued his work after...
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    of Arp Schnitger. Albertus Antonius Hinsz probably learned his trade with either or both of Joachim Richborn [de] and Franz Caspar Schnitger. In 1728...
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    Westfalen. Albertus Antonius Hinsz married the widow of Franz Caspar Schnitger and took over the Schnitger workshop in Groningen. The only major organ project...
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    techniques and design philosophies of 17th-century German organbuilder Arp Schnitger. Even though the instrument was built in the style of this single builder...
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    organ from 1721 designed by master organ builder Arp Schnitger and completed by his sons Franz Caspar and Johann Georg. On 31 August 1230, the bishop of...
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    for his brother, the Groningen organologist Cor Edskes, the work of Arp Schnitger forms the focus and conceptual orientation for quite a few of his new...
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    temperament used for the Organ of St. Ludgeri in Norden, built in 1688 by Arp Schnitger, and the temperament later described by Carlo Gervasoni (1800). A system...
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    1736 and 1738 by Matthias Amoor [de], who was possibly a student of Arp Schnitger. Amoor used part of the winged doors of the organ as a cover for the case...
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    "Himmelpforten St. Marien" (in English), on: Organs of Arp Schnitger: More than 350 years Arp Schnitger (1648-1719) (in English), retrieved on 9 September 2014...
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  • 1699) June 18 – Petrus Houttuyn, Dutch botanist (d. 1709) July 2 – Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (d. 1719) July 19 – Jakub Kresa, Czech mathematician...
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    preludes by Hieronymus Florentinus Quehl, Johann Gottfried Walther and Johann Caspar Vogler published between 1734 and 1737, as well as the older Livres d'orgue...
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  • Graeff II., Lords of Purmerland and Ilpendam (b. 1671) July 28 – Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (b. 1648) July 30 – Giambattista Felice Zappi, poet...
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