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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7879| Title: | Smits | Contributor(s): | Knijff, Jan-Piet (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7879 | Abstract: | Dutch family of organbuilders. Born to a well-to-do Roman Catholic family, Nicolaas Klaas Smits (b. Reek, North Brabant, 1 April 1791; d. 19 Oct 1831) carried out maintenance work on organs in Maasland, South Holland, from around 1810 on. His brother (Franciscus) Frans Cornelius Smits I (b. 20 Aug 1802; d. 28 March 1876) was appointed organist at Reek, where his brother subsequently built a new organ (1829). In that year, Frans I joined the workshop, continuing it after his brother's death. The brothers were self-taught, having gleaned their knowledge from examining organs in the area and from François BEDOS DE CÉLLES'S 'L'art du facteur d'orgues' (1766-78) and Jan van Heurn's 'De orgelmaaker' (1804-5). Frans I brought the business to prosperity, building a few dozen organs between 1831 and 1865. | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | The Organ: An Encyclopedia, v.3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, p. 523-523 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | New York, United States of America | ISBN: | 0415941741 9780415941747 |
Field of Research (FOR): | 190409 Musicology and Ethnomusicology | HERDC Category Description: | N Entry In Reference Work | Other Links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/661158 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415941747/ |
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