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Eugenio Casparini



Geboorte- en sterfjaar
Geboortejaar1623Sorau
Sterfjaar1706Neuwiese bei Greiffenberg



German organ builder of Italian descent. He learned the trade from his father, who lived in Sorau. From the age of seventeen, Casparini traveled to Bavaria, Italy and Austria, where he learned a lot. His most famous work was the Sonnenorgel (1697-1703) in Görlitz, which he built together with his son Adam Horatio. He was now over seventy years old. An important student was Andreas Silbermann.

Références
  • l'Arte organaria in Istria / Giuseppe Radole. - Bologna : Casa Editrice Prof. Riccardo Pàtron, 1969. - (Biblioteca di Cultura Organaria e Organistica ; Volume II).
  • Historische Orgels in Noord-Italië : Een overzicht van 4 eeuwen orgelcultuur aan de hand van orgels, composities en registratie-aanwijzingen / Peter van Dijk. - Hilversum : Katholieke Radio Omroep, 1988.
  • Geschichte der Orgelbaukunst in Ost- und Westpreußen von 1333 bis 1944 : Band II, 1: Mosengel, Caspari, Casparini / Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca, Hermann Fischer. - Berlin : Pape Verlag, 2008.
  • Der Orgelbauer Eugenio Casparini (Teil 1) / Matthias Reichling, Alfred Reichling. - In: Ars Organi, Jhg. 71, Heft 4, Dezember 2023.
  • Der Orgelbauer Eugenio Casparini (Teil 2) : Jahre in Südtirol / Matthias Reichling, Alfred Reichling. - In: Ars Organi, 72. Jhg., Heft 1, März 2004.