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Hans Heinrich Mundt



Years of birth and death
Year of birth1632Keulen
Year of death1691Praag
Place
1668Praag



Hans (Johann) Heinrich Mundt was baptized in Cologne on November 15, 1632. As a young man he moved to Bohemia, where he started working for organ builder Hieronymus Artmann. In 1668 he built his first organ for the Church of Saint Thomas in Prague, albeit in collaboration with Matthäus Kehler. Mundt built several organs in Bohemia. He died on March 18, 1691 in Prague.

Literature
  • Praag als orgelstad / Pavel Cerný. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 93 nr. 3, maart 1997.
  • Zur Restaurierung der Johann-Heinrich-Mundt-Orgel in der Teynkirche zu Prag / Hans-Wolfgang Theobald. - In: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Ästhetik der Orgel : Band II / Philipp Klais [Red.]. - Freiburg (Breisgau) : Freiburger Musik-Forum, 2001.

Work list
New organs
YearTown / BuildingOpus
1668Prag, Sankt Thomaskirche
1670Osek, Abtei Osseg
1673Prag, Teynkirche
1679Hohenfurth (Vyssi Brod), Zisterzienserabtei
1684Kralowice, Kirche Sankt Peter und Paul
1684Prag, Sankt Wenzelkirche
1685Prag, Sankt Nikolaikirche
1685Prag, Benediktinerabtei (Altstadt)
1689Velvary, Stadtkirche