Catholic organs in Groningen and Drenthe (the northern Netherlands) around 1850 by Victor Timmer

Victor Timmer Catholic organs in Groningen and Drenthe (the northern Netherlands) around 1850
Het ORGEL 98 (2002), nr. 1, 20-31 [summary]

The Catholic Church manifested itself ever more strongly after the restoration of theepiscopal hierarchy in 1853. This article gives a survey of the Catholic organs in thenorthern provinces of The Netherlands (Groningen and Drenthe) around 1854. Only a few ofthese organs have survived. Large new churches, changing liturgical demands, and a changeof musical taste required different organs.

This is part 1 of the article. The organs that are studied in this part are: Appingedam(H. Nicolaas, probably a Schnitger organ), Assen (H. Maria ten Hemelopneming, an anonymous‘kabinet-orgel’), Bedum (H. Maria ten Hemelopneming, an organ built by Timpe(1819) and maintained by Freytag (from 1838 on)), Coevorden (St.-Willibrordus, a Lindsenorgan from about 1850, replaced by a Winkels organ from 1894, which was moved to the newchurch in 1914 and later rebuilt), Delfzijl (H. Jozef, a cabinet organ) en Den Hoorn(St.-Bonifatius, had around 1800 an organ maintained by Lohman, got a Van Gruisen organ in1814, which was maintained by Timpe and later by Van Oeckelen and Adema; it was sold in1927).