Johann Dietrich Busch

Johann Dietrich Busch (27 December 1700 – 18 July 1753) was a German organ builder.

Life

Born in Mesmerode, Wunstorf, Busch was probably a pupil of Arp Schnitger. After Schnitger's death in 1719, he continued his work in the workshop of the Itzeho organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens, who had himself been a journeyman master of Schnitger. From 1728, Busch was in charge of Kastens' Itzeho workshop, as the latter had in the meantime moved the headquarters of his workshop to Copenhagen. In 1733, Busch married Katharina Schütte there, who came from Itzehoe and was in turn Kastens' sister-in-law.

As an independent master craftsman, Busch dominated organ building in and around Hamburg in the period between 1733 and 1753. There is also evidence of numerous repairs, conversions and maintenance contracts in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein as well as in the Oldenburg region.

After his premature death, his son Johann Daniel Busch took over the workshop and completed the work that his father had begun in Dybbøl Sogn and Højer Sogn.

Bush died in Itzehoe at the age of 52.

Work (selection)

Busch can be traced back to the following new organ builds:

Year	Location	Building	Picture	Manual	Stops	Notes
1730	Hamburg	Reformierte Kirche
1731–1732	Schleswig	Schleswig Cathedral		II/P	38	Extension of the organ (II/P/29) by 4 stops in the Hauptwerk and 5 in the pedal. (?)
1737	Wardenburg	Marienkirche		II/P	13	New building; façade and various pipe material preserved
1737	Idensen	St. Ursula (Sigwardskirche)				Not preserved
1738	Altenhuntorf	St.-Jacobi-Kirche		II/P	12	New building; replaced by Johann Martin Schmid in 1908
1738	Husby	St.-Vincentius-Kirche				Not preserved
1737–1739	Jade	Trinitatiskirche		II/P	21	New construction using older parts; façade and various pipe material preserved; 2002-2008 restoration by Regina Stegemann.
1739	Hamburg-Billwerder	St. Nikolai				New building; destroyed in the fire of the church in 1911
1739–1740	Munkbrarup	Laurentiuskirche				Façade preserved
1740	Broager (DK)	St. Marien				Façade and various pipe material preserved
1741–1742	Hamburg	Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen		IV/P	58	Umbau
1741–1743	Grundhof	St. Marienkirche				Several times rebuilt
1743–1744	Hamburg-Altona	St. Trinitatis				Neubau; 1943 zerstört
1743–1745	Hamburg	Neues Hiobshospital				New building
1744–1745	Hamburg-Ottensen	Christianskirche				New building; façade and various pipe material preserved
1744–1747	Hamburg-St.Georg	Dreieinigkeitskirche		III/P	49	New building; Replaced by new building by Ernst Röver in 1888/89
1749	Uetersen	Klosterkirche		II/P	31	New construction using older stops; façade and various pipe material preserved
1751	Altengamme	St.-Nicolai-Kirche		II/P	24	New construction; façade and various pipe material preserved
1752	Kirchwerder	St. Severini		II/P		Repair of the organ by Hinrich Speter (1641)
1752	Dybbøl Sogn	Dybbøl Church				New building; completed after his death by Johann Daniel Busch; the facade (1752) is preserved and houses an organ (1976/2012) by Marcussen & Søn

Further reading

• Barbara Callies (2002). Die Orgelbauerfamilie Busch. Hamburg: Eigenverlag.
• Gustav Fock (1974). Arp Schnitger und seine Schule. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Orgelbaues im Nord- und Ostseeküstengebiet. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 3-7618-0261-7.
• Günter Seggermann, Wolfgang Weidenbach (1992). Denkmalorgeln zwischen Nord- und Ostsee. Kassel: Merseburger. ISBN 3875371933.
• Theodor Cortum (1928). Die Orgelwerke der Ev.-luth. Kirche im Hamburger Staate. Hamburg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)