Eberhard Friedrich Walcker
Walcker Orgelbau (also known as E. Walcker & Cie.) of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is a builder of pipe organs. It was founded in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart in 1780 by Johann Eberhard Walcker. His son Eberhard Friedrich Walcker moved the business to Ludwigsburg in 1820.
Also recorded as Eberhard Frederich Walcker
Eberhard Friedrich Walcker
Snyer: The Organ as a Mirror of Its Time. OUP, Oxford 2002 · Public domain
- Name
- Walcker Orgelbau
- Born
- 1794
- Died
- 1872
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Occupation
- organ builder · musical instrument maker · composer · engineer
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Walcker Orgelbau (also known as E. Walcker & Cie.) of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is a builder of pipe organs. It was founded in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart in 1780 by Johann Eberhard Walcker. His son Eberhard Friedrich Walcker moved the business to Ludwigsburg in 1820.
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Walcker first became famous for the organ it built in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, in 1833, which had 74 stops. Other important commissions followed rapidly, and Walcker became a pioneer of the "symphonic organ" style in Germany. Known for distinguished installations and low output, the company built the organs for the Boston Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, Zagreb Cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia, University of Latvia, Riga Cathedral and Church of Luther in Riga, Latvia. The Boston instrument is now at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, MA. The largest Walcker organ in the world had 220 stops and over sixteen thousand pipes. It was built in 1930s for a state congress hall in Nuremberg and was destroyed by aerial bombings during World War II. The pipe organ located at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellin in Colombia is the second largest organ in South America, with more than 3000 pipes.
The organist and composer Gerard Bunk (1888-1958) at the Walcker organ of St. Reinoldi, Dortmund - lithograph by Emil Stumpp (1886-1941) - signed by Gerard Bunk
Emil Stumpp (1886-1941) · Institut für Zeitungsforschung Dortmund
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Walcker Orgelbau • Founded — 1780 • Industry — Pipe organ design and building. Pipe organ restoration • Website — https: walcker.com/
Pipe organs
Pipe organs
• Illustration — St. Paul, Strasbourg, France • Illustration — Boston Music Hall • Illustration — left Riga Cathedral
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- 2.Chronologie im Schaffen Eberhard Friedrich Walckers – Das Jahr 1844
- 3.Kommerzienrat Carl Walcker †., In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, Bd. 28, Leipzig, 1907/08, S. 833–834.
- 4.Geschäfts-Jubiläum bei E. F. Walcker & Co. In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, Bd. 7, Leipzig, 1886/87, S. 256–258.
- 5.Zur Person vgl. .
- 6.nach Abschnitt Geschichte bei walcker.at
- 7.Op. 1526: Berlin Synagoge Oranienburgerstr. walcker.com.
- 8.Op. 1658: Berlin Synagoge Fasanenstr. walcker.com.
- 9.Gerhard Walcker-Mayer. 0031 Petersburg. walcker.com. 2020-05-31.
- 10.Gerhard Walcker-Mayer. Eine Wasserfahrt nach St. Petersburg im Jahre 1840.
- 11.F. Moosmann, R. Schäfer: Eberhard Friedrich Walcker., 1994, S. 103.
- 12.Christoph Bossert:
- 13.Gerhard Walcker-Mayer:
- 14.Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Petrus und Paulus Neuhausen auf den Fildern: Restaurierung der Walcker-Orgel
- 15.Volker Keller: Die ehemalige Hauptsynagoge in Mannheim, in: Stadtverwaltung Mannheim, Gesellschaft der Freunde Mannheims u. d. ehemaligen Kurpfalz (Hrsg.): Mannheimer Hefte, 1982, Heft 1. Mannheim 1982
- 16.Restaurierungsbericht der Zagreber Orgel
- 17.Markus Zimmermann. Ein Oberton-Crescendo: Die Walcker-Orgel von 1856 in Loffenau. 2005. 0004-2919.
- 18.Lenter: Mimbach, ev. Kirche (Walcker 1860 II/16)
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- 20.20131214211844. Orgelbeschreibung; Webseite der Seelsorgeeinheit Waldkirch. 2026-09-05 05:00:18 InternetArchiveBot.
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- 23.Votivkirche.at: Die Orgeln der Votivkirche, abgerufen am 15. Dez. 2012
- 24.Webseite im Walcker-Portal zur Neustadter Orgel
- 25.Webseite im Walcker-Portal zur Sießener Orgel
- 26.„Festschrift zum hundertjährigen Bestehen der Marktkirche Neuwied“ (Presbyterium: Neuwied 1984, S. 95)
- 27.Webseite der Firma Wegscheider
- 28.Graz / St. Leonhard – Herz Jesu Kirche – Orgel Verzeichnis – Orgelarchiv Schmidt.
- 29.Gerhard Walcker-Mayer: , 25. April 2007, blog.walckerorgel.de
- 30.Website der Freunde der Walcker-Orgel Christuskirche Heidelberg e. V.
- 31.Förderverein Walcker-Orgel: Die Walcker-Orgel in Krefeld
- 32.Disposition auf der Seite www.ulmer-orgeln.de
- 33.Beschreibung und Disposition, Protestantse Kerk Antwerpen. 20160102172336.
- 34.Beschreibung der Orgel Friedenskirche in Eupen (PDF; 521 kB)
- 35.Martinskirche Oberlenningen – Ernst Leuze.
- 36.Walcker-Orgel Großrudestedt. walcker-orgel-grossrudestedt.de.
- 37.Orgel Klais: St. Engelbert, Riehl
- 38.Querfurt / Lodersleben – St. Pankratius – Orgel Verzeichnis – Orgelarchiv Schmidt.
- 39.Orgeln in der Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden mit Bildern. www.lutherkirche-wiesbaden.de. 2020.
- 40.Walckerorgel der Grote Kerk in Wildervank. www.walckerwildervank.nl.
- 41.Jennifer Stracke. Die Orgel in Großgartach. Monumente Magazin April/2019.
- 42.Elke Völker auf der Walcker in San Sebastian.
- 43.Neu-Moresnet, België (Liège) – Evangelische Johannes-Kirche.
- 44.Details zum Instrument im Opusbuch 29 der Firma Walcker, S. 382/383
- 45.Die Konzertorgel im Musiksaal des Hans-Sachs-Hauses, aus: Festschrift zur Eröffnung des Hans-Sachs-Hauses, 1927
- 46.(PDF; 4,5 MB), Disposition u. a. Details
- 47.Neustadt (Weinstraße)/Winzingen, Martin-Luther-Kirche – Organ index, die freie Orgeldatenbank.
- 48.Landstuhl, Stadtkirche – Organ index, die freie Orgeldatenbank.
- 49.Eberhard Friedrich Walcker – Zwei Orgeln in Barcelona – Goethe-Institut Spanien.
- 50.Órgano Monumental E.F. Walcker del Palacio Nacional. Barcelona. Museo virtual del Órgano. 2021-03-24.
- 51.Walcker Opus 2270: van Frelsers-Kirche Oslo.
- 52.Hoenig, Sebastián. Geschichte der Erlöserkirche. Cóndor. 2021-08-16.
- 53.Walcker Orgel op. 2500: Opus diabolo. www.walcker.com.
- 54.Walcker: Opus 3422 Schlüchtern, abgerufen am 6. November 2023.
- 55.Organ database Complete description.
- 56.Op.3800: Stuttgart, Stiftskirche. walcker.com.
- 57.Disposition der Walcker-Orgel der Jesuitenkirche in Innsbruck. Jesuitenkirche Innsbruck, abgerufen am 5. Dezember 2013.
- 58.St. Franziskus Schwäbisch Gmünd – Orgel Disposition.
- 59.Auswahl an Walcker-Orgeln aus 1964.
- 60.Franz-Josef Sehr. 125 Jahre Pfarrkirche „St. Ägidius“ Obertiefenbach. 2012. 978-3-927006-49-2.
- 61.Hans Andreas Klaiber und Reinhard Wortmann. Die Kunstdenkmäler des ehemaligen Oberamts Ulm. 1978.
- 62.Wolfgang Manecke und Johannes Mayr. Historische Orgeln im Alb-Donau-Kreis, in Ulm, Hayingen und Zwiefalten. 1999. 3-88294-268-1.
- 63.Walcker Opus-Buch Positive II 1960-1963.
- 64.Projekt Orgel St. Martin Amberg: Aktuelles.
- 65.Katholische Pfarrgemeinde St. Laurentius Wuppertal: Unsere Orgel braucht Hilfe!. gemeinden.erzbistum-koeln.de. 2016-03-31.
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