Ernst Julius Marx

[[File:Berlin Sophienkirche Orgel.jpg|thumb|{{center|Organ in the Sophienkirche, 1790}}]] '''Ernst Julius Marx''' (often '''Ernst Marx'''; 28 November 1728 in Ballenstedt, Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg – 25 March 1799) was an important German organ builder in Berlin. He worked in the tradition of Joachim Wagner.

== Life == {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2024}} The father George Christoph Marx was a master carpenter in Ballenstedt. Ernst Marx had been employed in the workshop of Johann Peter Migendt in Berlin since 1753/55 at the latest. It is doubtful whether he lived to see Joachim Wagner, who died in 1749. Marx worked together with Migendt (''in Companie'') and married a sister of Migendt's wife, Maria Louisa Balke, in 1756.

After the death of Peter Migendt in 1767, he continued the workshop alone. Pupils included Johann Simon Buchholz, son-in-law Johann Friedrich Falckenhagen, and son Friedrich Emanuel Marx, who took over the workshop after his father's death in 1799.

Marx was the youngest of the organ builders who carried on the tradition of Joachim Wagner (even though he was not to have known him personally) and who passed it on to his pupils. He died in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia at the age of 70.

== List of works (selection) == Marx built organs in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, some also in Pomerania and Mecklenburg, and carried out rebuilding and repairs. The works in Vielitz (almost complete), {{Ill|Falkenwalde|de}} (previously Boitzenburg), Brunne and {{Ill|Plötzin|de}} (attributed), larger parts in Białogard (Belgard) and Eberswalde and Rostock, as well as prospectuses in Altenkirchen (previously Berlin Kattunfabrik), in Sophienkirche Berlin and in Strausberg. Organs that no longer exist or are only preserved in small parts are set in italics.

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" |- class="hintergrundfarbe5" ! Year !! Location !! Church !! class=unsortable | Picture !! Manual !! Casing !! class="unsortable" | Notes |-  |- | 1753–1755 | Berlin | Schlosskirche | center|160x160px | II/P | 22 | Amalienorgel, co-built for Johann Peter Migendt, 1767 in the Palais Unter den Linden, 1788 in the {{Ill|Schlosskirche Buch|de}}, since 1956 in Pfarrkirche Zur Frohen Botschaft in Karlshorst. → Organ |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1761 | Stettin | St. Nikolai | | II/P | 26 | Contract concluded together with Johann Peter Migendt, burnt with church in 1811.<ref>Wolf Bergelt: ''Wagner-Geist im Orgelbau der Schüler.'' Vol. 2. ''Stettin - St. Nikolai''. Freimut & Selbst, Berlin 2014; [https://www.freimutselbst.de/labium/sachbuch/wagner-geist-2 Kontraktabschluss] </ref> |- | 1761 | {{Ill|Plötzin|de}} | Village church | | I/P | 13 | Presumed authorship, also possible Gottlieb Scholtze; preserved.<ref>[https://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2049415&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel in Plötzin], Orgeldatabase (niederländisch).</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1766 | {{Ill|Altwriezen|de}} | Village church | | I/P | 19 | with parts of the {{Ill|Wagner organs|de}} from 1735, some transmission stops, removed at the latest in 1973 when the church was demolished.<ref>[https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelinventar/märkisch-oderland-on/einleitung Einleitung Märkisch Oderland] Institut für Orgelforschung, 4. Bild, mit Dispositionsentwurf von Marx </ref><ref>[https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/joachim-wagner/altwriezen Historisches Foto] Orgellandschaft Brandenburg </ref> |- | 1769–1770 | Boitzenburg | {{Ill|Pfarrkirche St. Marien auf dem Berge|de}} | | | | Relocated to {{Ill|Falkenwalde|de}} in 1851 by Buchholz; preserved<ref>[http://www.uckermark-kirchen.de/uckermark_e-f/kirche_falkenwalde.htm Kirche Falkenwalde] Uckermark Kirchen, mit Geschichte der Orgel</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1773 | Berlin | St. Hedwig | | II/P | 16 (10) | Replaced in 1801.<ref>[http://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2026461&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel von St. Hedwig, Berlin], Orgeldatabase, with disposition (Dutch)</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1773–1774 | Strausberg | St. Marien |  | II/P | 28 | for 1430 Taler, with 1451 pipes, replaced in 1929 by Sauer organ in the previous facade, 2015 restoration by Scheffler → Current organ.<ref>[http://www.st-marien-strausberg.de/cms/front_content.php?idcat=85&lang=1 Geschichte der Orgel] St. Marien Strausberg.</ref><ref>[https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelinventar/märkisch-oderland-on/strausberg-marien Geschichte der Orgel in Strausberg], Institut für Orgelforschung, mit historischer Marx-Disposition.</ref> |- | 1775 | Belgard, heute Białogard, Pommern | Marienkirche |  | | | Extended by Felix Grüneberg in 1912 to III/P, 43; preserved<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220123094735/https://www.organy.pro/instrumenty.php?instr_id=25 Orgel in Belgard], Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, mit falscher Schreibweise ''Marr'' (polnisch).</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1775 | Berlin-Friedrichstadt | Dreifaltigkeitskirche | | III/P | 39 | rebuilt, destroyed in 1943<ref>[http://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2017447&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel der Dreifaltigkeitskirche Berlin], Orgeldatabase, mit Foto und Disposition (niederländisch)</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" |1776 |Berlin-Friedrichstadt | Vernezobresches Palais, später Prinz-Albrecht-Palais | |II/P |31 | For Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, then in Reformed Church Frankfurt (Oder), destroyed |- style="font-style:italic;" | (ca. 1773/1777?) | Berlin | Kattunfabrik von Christian Ermeler | | II/P | | Year of construction unknown; 1798 nach Altenkirchen moved by Christian Erdmann Kindten, replaced in 1875, facade and stop Quintaton 8' preserved → current organl.<ref>[http://www.wamsiedler.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Orgeldaten_Altenkirchen.pdf Die Orgel der evangelischen Kirche in Altenkirchen] by Stefan Warmsiedler (pdf)</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1777 | Frankfurt (Oder) | Friedenskirche | | II/P | 28 | Replaced in 1881<ref>[http://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2033123&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel in Frankfurt/Oder], Orgeldatabase, with Disposition (Dutch)</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1777 | Friedrichsfelde bei Berlin | Dorfkirche | | | | Moved to Eggersdorf in 1890, replaced there in 1937.<ref>[https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelinventar/märkisch-oderland-on/eggersdorf Geschichte der Orgel in Eggersdorf] Institut für Orgelforschung Brandenburg </ref> |- | 1781–1783 |Eberswalde |Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche |  |  | | Rebuilt and extended several times to II/P, 27, new casing, parts preserved.<ref>[https://orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelinventar/barnim/eberswalde-ev Orgel in Eberswalde], Institut für Orgelforschung</ref><ref>[http://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2050859&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel in Eberswalde], Orgeldatabase.</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1787 |Potsdam |Französisch Reformierte Kirche | | | | Not preserved |- | 1789 | Vielitz | Village church | | I/p | 6 | The front pipes were handed over in 1917, in 2011 extensive restoration by Rühle with reconstructed front pipes and historical tuning; almost completely preserved.<ref>[https://www.altekirchen.de/aktuelles/pressespiegel/neue-alte-pfeifen-vielitz Neue alte Pfeifen] Märkische Oderzeitung vom 5. Dezember 2011 (Pressespiegel), über Restaurierung </ref><ref>[http://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2050458&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel in Vielitz], Orgeldatabase.</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1790 | Berlin | Sophienkirche | center|160x160px | | | Casing partially preserved.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gemeinde-am-weinberg.de/musik-und-kultur/ | title=Orgel der Sophienkirche, Berlin |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" |1791–1793 | Rostock | St. Mary's Church |  | IV/P | 64 | Largest organ by Marx, in façade by Paul Schmidt from 1770, repaired several times, extended in 1938 by Sauer to IV/P, 83, about 30 stops and the windchests preserved → History of the organ. |- | 1796 | {{Ill|Brunne (Fehrbellin)|de|3=Brunne (Fehrbellin)|lt=Brunne}} | Dorfkirche | | I/P | 9 | Repaired by Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller in 1865, by Hollenbach in 1893, front pipes handed over in 1917, new front pipes by Schuke in 1924/1925, restored by the Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt in 1997.<ref>[http://www.orgbase.nl/scripts/ogb.exe?database=ob2&%250=2041025&LGE=DE&LIJST=lang Orgel in Brunne], Orgeldatabase, with picture and disposition (Dutch).</ref><ref>Ulrike Schwarz, Matthias Metzler, among others (ed.): ''Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Part 2: Gemeinde Fehrbellin, Amt Lindow (Mark) und Stadt (Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Denkmale in Brandenburg)''. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms am Rhein, 2003, {{ISBN|3-88462-191-2}}, {{p.|195}}.</ref> |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1799 | Cottbus | Oberkirche | | | | Last known organ, no preserved.<ref>[https://s84ca0bd5ca7275f5.jimcontent.com/download/version/1329499819/module/5935153975/name/Cottbus%2C%20Tamitius.pdf Acten, die Orgel betreffend] Institut für Orgelforschung, historische Unterlagen </ref> |}

'''Other works''' {| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" |- class="hintergrundfarbe5" ! Year !! Location !! Church!! class=unsortable | Picture !! Manual !! Casing !! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1767 | Belgard, today Białogard, Pomerania | Church | | | | Conversions and repairs |- |1775–1778 |Stralsund |St. Mary's Church |center|160x160px |III/P |51 | Repair and reconstruction of the Stellwagen organ → Reparaturen |- style="font-style:italic;" | 1778–1779 | Stralsund | St.-Jakobi-Kirche | center|160x160px | III/P | 45 | Reconstruction of the organ by Christian Gottlieb Richter (1741) → Orgel |- | 1791 | Golzow, Uckermark | Village church | | | | Transposition of the Arp Schnitger organ from 1714 into Sophienkirche Berlin (after the new Marx building there).<ref>[https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelinventar/barnim-on/golzow Geschichte der Orgel] Institut für Orgelforschung Brandenburg </ref> |- | 1796 | Havelberg | Dom | | | | Reparations |- | 1796 | Havelberg | St. Laurentius | | | | Conversion and expansion |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == * "Ernst Julius Marx." In Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (ed.): ''Lexikon norddeutscher Orgelbauer. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg und Umgebung.'' Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. {{p.|356}}. * Wolf Bergelt: ''Wagner-Geist im Orgelbau der Schüler.'' Vol. 2: ''Stettin – St. Nikolai.'' Freimut & Selbst, Berlin 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-7375-0245-0}}. * Wolf Bergelt: ''Orgelreisen durch die Mark Brandenburg.'' Freimut & Selbst, Berlin 2005, {{ISBN|3-7431-5217-7}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6bnjDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 S. 146] (ähnlicher Text im Weblink)

== External links == * [https://orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelinventar/orgelbauer/marx-ernst-julius-2 Ernst Julius Marx] Institut für Orgelforschung * [http://organindex.de/index.php?title=Kategorie:Marx,_Ernst_Julius Ernst Julius Marx] Organindex, einzelne Orgeln (eingeschränkter Zugriff)

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