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Organy na Śląsku Opolskim na łamach „Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau”

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Periodicals remain a valuable source of information about the history of Silesian organ building. Particularly from the nineteenth century on, numerous publications appeared in the general press that were dedicated to music and the various manifestations of musical life including issues from the field of instrumentology. Professional periodicals dealing with this topic also started to appear. The periodical “Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau”, which was founded by Paul de Wit in 1880 and appeared until 1943, certainly belonged to this group of publications. It devoted much space to the issues of organ building. Starting from the thirteenth year of publication, it included even a permanent section entitled Orgelbau-Nachrichten where a wide range of information can be found, including data about Silesian organs. The article presents information about organ building in the present Opolskie Voivodeship region that was published in “Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau”. A total of 47 mentions (covering the years 1887 to 1937) have been found, concerning 38 instruments: Bierawa (filial church), Boguszyce (parish church), Branice (catholic church), Brzeg (St. Nicholas’s Church), Dębie (parish church), Głogówek (catholic church), Głubczyce (catholic church), Głuchołazy (catholic church), Grodków (catholic church), Gryżów (church), Jasiona (catholic church), Kamienica (church), Korfantów (catholic church), Krapkowice-Otmęt (new church), Krasiejów (catholic church), Lasowice Wielkie (evangelical church), Moszczanka, Namysłów (catholic parish church), Namysłów, Niemodlin (evangelical church), Nysa (evangelical garrison church), Nysa (St. George’s monastery), Nysa (convent of the Franciscans), Nysa (church of the Franciscans), Nysa (church of the Verbites), Obórki (church), Olesno (catholic church), Opole (parish church), Opole (St. Peter and Paul’s parish church), Ozimek (evangelical church), Pokój (parish church), Prudnik (catholic church), Skorogoszcz (catholic church), Stare Budkowice (catholic church), Tułowice, Więcemierzyce (catholic church), Zębowice (new church), Złotogłowice (catholic church). The information content concerning newly-built instruments or organs that have been rebuilt or renovated varies widely from short mentions to voluminous notes containing the history, description, sound characteristics and the disposition of particular organs. Special attention should be paid to the separate studies devoted to the organ in St. Nicholas’s Church in the town of Brzeg. Reading the periodical “Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau”, all the issues of which are available on the internet, can be extremely helpful in present-day organological studies. It allows, at least in part, to complete today’s knowledge about the history of particular instruments and also to compare the current status quo in Opolian Silesia (both quantitatively and qualitatively) with the situation in former times, which is important especially while carrying out inventory work. This, of course, requires a verification of the data provided in the respective article, among other things, against the background of the information currently available in subject literature.