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Wenngleich Domenico Zipoli zu Wörles Wirkungszeit in Rom längst verstorben war, so della ven. chiesa parrocchiale di S. Maria Maddalena […], published anonymously in Rome
eignen sich seine Orgelstücke dennoch für die Demonstration von Wörles Positiv. Sie sind in 1864, p. 8). Today we know that about 35 organs once originated from Wörle’s workshop
Klassiker der gesamten Orgelliteratur, vor allem waren sie noch lange nach dem Tod ihres between 1733 and 1777. Twenty of these instruments have survived, and most of them
Autors ständig im Gebrauch, namentlich in Rom. Dies veranschaulicht nicht zuletzt, dass are in playing condition. Half of these are located in the city of Rome and in the nearby
die Pastorale aus dem Druck von 1716 auch im etliche Jahrzehnte später geschriebenen provinces (Rome, Frosinone, Rieti, Viterbo and Terni). All of the organs by Johann Konrad
Sammelband I-Rn Mss Musicali 76 enthalten ist. Sogar die vom Komponisten gesetzte Wörle in Italy are under protection according to the government law Beni Culturali about
Registrieranweisung „con flauto“ für den Allegro-Mittelteil im geraden Takt und cultural monuments (see also the article by Quintilio Palozzi). In addition, one organ
(punktierten) Siciliano-Rhythmus wurde vom Kopisten übernommen. Anfang und dating from about 1764 is found in Corté, Corsica, and is also under protection there as a
Schluss von Zipolis Pastorale stehen im typischen 12/8-Takt. Dreiklangsmelodik und ein historical monument (Monument Historique).
durchgehender Orgelpunkt (ausgenommen das Allegro) imitieren die Klangaura der
Pifferari bzw. Hirten aus der Umgebung Roms mit Schalmei, Dudelsack und Drehleier. Die Wörle was born in Vils on 2 August 1701 as the son of the married couple Josef and Barbara
Versetten (Versi) aus Zipolis Opus 1, für ihre Zeit moderne meisterliche Miniaturen, lassen Wörle, who were bakers by trade. We can only speculate why he chose the organ-making
mit ihrer galanten Melodik und ihrem dezent gesetzten Kontrapunkt die Wörle-Orgel in profession (he probably received his training in the Allgäu region, although the exact
ihrer beeindruckenden Klangfülle und -schönheit in Erscheinung treten. location is unknown) and why he ended up in Italy. He settled in Rome, and the earliest
existing organ by him was built there in 1733: a positive organ that has been preserved
at the Music Instrument Museum in Rome since 1964. Except for a period of activity in
Außerfern in 1726/27, Wörle spent most of his very successful professional life (over forty
The Organ Builder Johann Konrad Wörle (Giovanni Corrado Verlè) years) in Rome. His name was gradually transformed into the Italian version: Giovanni
Corrado Verlè. Wörle remained unmarried, and he kept on working until shortly before
Johann Konrad Wörle (1701 Vils – 1777 Rome) had an outstanding reputation in his day as his death on 2 December 1777. He had established his residence and workshop at a good
a superb organ builder in Rome and especially in the region of Lazio. Italian and French location in a palace belonging at that time to the aristocratic family Spada; it still exists
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organ experts, organ builders and organists have long been in agreement that Johann today, although the exterior was modified somewhat in the 19 century (address: Piazza
Konrad Wörle, working in the Roman environment, is to be counted among the best organ dell’Orologio 8, Rione Ponte).
makers of his time. Already in 1864, the musically-educated author Giuseppe Trambusti
considered that Wörle’s extensive improvements to the magnificent organ of Santa Johann Konrad Wörle was buried at Campo Santo Teutonico (the Teutonic Cemetery),
Maria Maddalena in Rome (1735) were made with “much skill” and that nothing “more since he had become a member of the Archbrotherhood “Confraternita di S. Maria della
perfect” could be imagined (Narrazione del grande restauro compiuto nel rinomato organo Pietà” on 8 September 1731. This confraternity served not only as a social organization
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