Johann Andreas Silbermann
Organ builder from Strasbourg (1712–1783) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johann Andreas Silbermann, also known as Jean-André Silbermann (26 June 1712, in Strasbourg – 11 February 1783, in Strasbourg) was an 18th-century organ-builder, as were his father Andreas Silbermann and his paternal uncle Gottfried Silbermann.[1][2]
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Mozart met with Silbermann during his (Mozart's) stay in Strasbourg in 1778, and played on the pipe organs in the two Lutheran churches Saint-Thomas (preserved), and Temple Neuf (destroyed in 1870), which he called ″Silbermann's best".[3][4]
Pipe organs by J. A. Silbermann in their original instrumental state can be found in the following churches, among others:[5]
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