{"id":214,"date":"2015-12-15T19:26:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T17:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vargonai.com\/en\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:32:29","slug":"kretinga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vargonai.com\/en\/organs\/not-survived-organs\/kretinga\/","title":{"rendered":"Kretinga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kretinga district, Klaip\u0117da region<\/p>\n

Church of St. Mary of the Annunciation (former Bernardine, present Franciscan)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palanga deanery,\u00a0Tel\u0161iai diocese<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Master<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nRepair, rebuilding<\/th>\nInstrument<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
unknown<\/td>\n1619<\/td>\n1716, 1759, 19th c., 1925<\/td>\n2 (3)\u00a0manuals, pedals ?, 36\u00a0stops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Kretinga_bernardinai\"Organ was destroyed during the World War 2 (26 June 1941). It was the biggest organ in the whole Grand Duchy of Lithuania.<\/p>\n

The date of organ building mentioned in the archival documents, stored in the library of Krakow Jagiellonian University [1]. In 1619, the organ was bought in Konigsberg for\u00a016600 florins, funded by count\u00a0Jonas Karolis Chodkevi\u010dius [2]. Record in 1806 visitation: … three manualas, 36 stops, great\u00a0need of\u00a0repair<\/em>\u00a0[3] (possibly 3 manuals mean 2 manuals and pedals \u2013 G.P.).<\/p>\n

In 1716, organ repair by master\u00a0Oreneusz Guldynski\u00a0f<\/a>rom Courland [4].<\/p>\n

In 3 June 1759,\u00a0master\u00a0Paul Froelich<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Kretinga bernardines agreed\u00a0a contract of rorgan repair [5].<\/p>\n

In 1844, organ repair by unnamed brothers\u00a0Tiedemanns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1925, new instrument behind the historical organ fa\u00e7ade built by\u00a0Bruno Goebel from Konigsberg.<\/p>\n

[1] Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiell\u00f3nskiego, manuscript\u00a0III 6242, p. 20r, Compendium Omnium Documentorum Conventus\u00a0Carolstadiensis ad S. Virginem Mariam Annuntiatam et S. Patrem Franciscum … dispositum Anno Domini\u00a01769.<\/em>
\n[2] Konradas Kaveckas. Vargonai Lietuvoje. In:\u00a0Muzikos barai<\/em>, No. 3, Vilnius, 1938, pp. 65\u201369.
\n[3]\u00a0LVIA , f. 669, ap. 2, b. 221, l. 624.
\n[4] Information about organ repair in 1716 based on the record from the library of Krakow Jagiellonian University (Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiell\u00f3nskiego, manuscript\u00a0III 6242\/f. 85v): Organ reparowa\u0142 Pan Oreneusz\u00a0<\/em>[Ireneusz?] Guldynski <\/em>[from Kuldiga?] z Kurlandyi, za co wyp\u0142acono Tynf. 4300<\/em> [or\u00a04500].
\n[5]\u00a0Information based on the record from the library of Krakow Jagiellonian University (Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiell\u00f3nskiego, manuscript\u00a0III 6242, p. 135v).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n