{"id":212,"date":"2015-12-15T16:29:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T14:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vargonai.com\/en\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2016-02-11T12:28:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T10:28:19","slug":"gaure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vargonai.com\/en\/organs\/not-survived-organs\/gaure\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaur\u0117"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taurag\u0117 district\/region<\/p>\n

Catholic church<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taurag\u0117 deanery, Tel\u0161iai diocese<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Master<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nInstrument<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown<\/td>\n1808<\/td>\n1 manual, 15 (16)\u00a0stops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Gaure_vargonai_1959Church and organ burned in\u00a01971. In 1992, the new Church of St. Michael the Archangel was built.<\/p>\n

Console was on the left of organ. Two wedge-bellows.<\/p>\n

The record on the cartouche on the top of organ: Soli Deo Honor Et Gloria Anno Domini 1808<\/em>. The fa\u00e7ade composition and decoration was typical for organs in Samogitia, in the beginning of 19th c. (e.g., organs in\u00a0Seda<\/a>, Vidsodis<\/a>, Vaiguva<\/a>). Therefore,\u00a01808 marks the year of building.<\/p>\n

In\u00a01841, the visitation mentioned the organ with 15 stops, painted and gilded [1], in the\u00a0visitation of 1845 and\u00a0inventory of 1873 the organ with 16 stops was mentioned\u00a0[2]. Possibly, number 16 included the 16th drawstops knob for Cymbelstern.<\/p>\n

The five-part\u00a0composition\u00a0represents the typical organ fa\u00e7ades by Vilnius organ building school \u2013 3 towers\u00a0(2 high polygon side towers and triangle tower in the centre) are connected by\u00a02 bent cells. The baroque composition of the\u00a0fa\u00e7ade was typical in the period of over 70 years; the oldest example is the organ in\u00a0Prienai church<\/a>\u00a0(1767\u20131769) and the latest \u2013 in Kantau\u010diai\u00a0<\/a>(1815) and\u00a0Eigird\u017eiai<\/a>\u00a0(1835\u20131836) churches\u00a0[3].<\/p>\n

Gaur\u0117 organ was featured with refined rococo woodcarvings. The central decorative console considered to be\u00a0a repetition of baroque console in the organ of\u00a0K\u0117dainiai St. Joseph church<\/a>. The ornamentation of fa\u00e7ade cells and\u00a0volute wings\u00a0that adorned the\u00a0fa\u00e7ade sides was analogous to the iconography of organs in\u00a0Trakai<\/a>,\u00a0Tverai<\/a>, Seda<\/a>, Joni\u0161k\u0117lis<\/a>, V\u0117\u017eai\u010diai<\/a>, Vaiguva<\/a>, Not\u0117nai<\/a>, Vidsodis<\/a>, Lieplauk\u0117<\/a>,\u00a0Kantau\u010diai<\/a>, Piva\u0161i\u016bnai<\/a>, Lenas (Latvia) <\/a>churches. \u00a0The Eye of Providence in the central part of organ fa\u00e7ade was common from\u00a01780s\u00a0to the\u00a0beginning of the 19th c.\u00a0For example,\u00a0the Eye of Providence decorates the organs in\u00a0Joni\u0161k\u0117lis<\/a>, Seda<\/a>, Not\u0117nai<\/a>, Piva\u0161i\u016bnai<\/a>, Dap\u0161ioniai<\/a>,\u00a0Vaiguva<\/a>, Kantau\u010diai<\/a>, Lenas (Latvia) c<\/a>hurches. The bottom\u00a0of side towers was decorated by consoles in the shape of vase (analogous consoles survived in the organs in Dap\u0161ioniai<\/a>,\u00a0\u0160eduva<\/a>, Rozalimas<\/a>, Piva\u0161i\u016bnai<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Vidsodis\u00a0c<\/a>hurches).<\/p>\n

[1] LVIA, f. 669, ap. 2, b. 253, l. 559.<\/p>\n

[2]\u00a0LVIA, f. 669, ap. 2, b. 267, l. 76;\u00a0LVIA, f. 1671, ap. 4, b. 4, l. 199.<\/p>\n

[3] Other typical examples: not survived organs in Batakiai<\/a>,\u00a0Gaur\u0117<\/a>,\u00a0survived organs inK\u0117dainiai St. Joseph<\/a>\u00a0(~1790), K\u0117dainiai St. George <\/a>(~1760\u20131770), Staryja Vasilishki<\/a>\u00a0(~1770),Piva\u0161i\u016bnai\u00a0<\/a>(19th c. Beg.), Medininkai\u00a0<\/a>(18th c. 4th quarter),Rozalimas\u00a0<\/a>(1796), Not\u0117nai\u00a0<\/a>(19th c. Beg.), Kriaunos\u00a0<\/a>(~1780), Skaudvil\u0117\u00a0<\/a>(between\u00a01797 and\u00a01806),\u00a0Panemun\u0117lis\u00a0<\/a>(18th c. End),\u00a0Joni\u0161k\u0117lis\u00a0<\/a>(1803), Vidsodis\u00a0<\/a>(~1807), V\u0117\u017eai\u010diai\u00a0<\/a>(1804), T\u016bbin\u0117s <\/a>(19th c. 1st half).<\/p>\n

Gaur\u0117 church archival documents:\u00a01806 visitation\u00a0(LVIA , f. 669, ap. 2,\u00a0b. 221, l. 492);\u00a01841 visitation\u00a0(LVIA , f. 669, ap. 2,\u00a0b. 253, l. 559);\u00a01845 visitation\u00a0(LVIA , f. 669, ap. 2,\u00a0b. 267, l. 76);\u00a01873 inventory\u00a0(LVIA, f. 1671, ap. 4,\u00a0b. 4, l. 199);\u00a01896 visitation\u00a0(LVIA , f. 669, ap. 3,\u00a0b. 2573, l. 27).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n