David Tannenberg
| Years of birth and death |
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| Year of birth | 1728 | Berthelsdorf, Sachsen, Duitsland |
| Year of death | 1804 | New York, USA |
| Place |
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| 1758 | Nazareth, PA |
| 1765 | Lititz, PA |
David Tannenberg was born on March 21, 1728 in Saxony in the village of Berthelsdorf. His family was affiliated with the Hernhutters. In 1748 he moved to Zeist, where he joined the Moravian Church. He emigrated with a group of parishioners to Bethlehem in Pennsylvania in 1749. Until then he had not been active as an organ builder. He met the organ builder Johann Gottlob Klemm (1690-1762) in Bethlehem. Together with him he built several organs. In 1758 they moved to Nazareth. After Klemm's death, Tannenberg devoted himself entirely to organ making. In 1765 he moved to Lititz. Tannenberg built more than 40 organs, largely for Fraternal Churches. Tannenberg died on May 19, 1804, after a stroke while working on his last organ, in the Lutheran Church in New York.
| Literature |
- Zuidduitse orgelbouwkunst in de koloniale tijd in Pennsylvania / Kit Stout, Patrick Roose (vertaling). - In: Orgelkunst, tiende jaargang nummer 3, september 1987.
- Staan de beste Pachelbel-orgels in Amerika? : Taylor & Boody restaureerden het Tannenberg-orgel in Winston-Salem / Jan-Piet Knijff. - In: Het Orgel, jrg. 101 nr. 3, mei 2005.
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| Links |
http://www.davidtannenberg.com/
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Work list
| New organs |
| Year | Town / Building | Opus |
| 1759 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA - Evangelische Broedergemeente | |
| 1760 | Christian's Spring, Pennsylvania, USA - Evangelische Broedergemeente | |
| 1761 | Bethabara, North-Carolina, USA | |
| 1771 | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA - Lutheran Church | |
| 1772 | Winston-Salem, North-Carolina, USA - Evangelische Broedergemeente (vervangen in 1800) | |
| 1790 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Zion Lutheran Church (verbrand in 1794) | |
| 1799/1800 | Winston-Salem, North-Carolina, USA - Evangelische Broedergemeente | |
| 1802 | Madison, Virginia, USA - Hebron Lutheran Church | |
| 1803/1804 | New York, USA - Lutheran Church | |
