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Joachim Tielke (October 14, 1641 – January 19, 1719) was a German
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 maker of musical instruments. He was born in Königsberg
Königsberg

K?nigsberg was after World War II in 1946 renamed Kaliningrad by the Soviet Union.The city was the Capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945....
, Prussia, and died in Hamburg
Hamburg

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A publication was dedicated to him by Günther Hellwig. Hellwig lists the total number of 139 instruments still existing of Tielke's oeuvre with lutes, angelicas, theorboes, bell citterns (hamburger cithrinchen), guitars, pochettes, violins, viole d'amore without sympathetic strings, barytons, viole da gamba and bows.

More recent research shows that all theorboes were originally either lutes with bent-back pegboxes or are modifications of angelicas.






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Joachim Tielke (October 14, 1641 – January 19, 1719) was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 maker of musical instruments. He was born in Königsberg
Königsberg

K?nigsberg was after World War II in 1946 renamed Kaliningrad by the Soviet Union.The city was the Capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945....
, Prussia, and died in Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
.

A publication was dedicated to him by Günther Hellwig. Hellwig lists the total number of 139 instruments still existing of Tielke's oeuvre with lutes, angelicas, theorboes, bell citterns (hamburger cithrinchen), guitars, pochettes, violins, viole d'amore without sympathetic strings, barytons, viole da gamba and bows.

More recent research shows that all theorboes were originally either lutes with bent-back pegboxes or are modifications of angelicas. The bows have shown to be non-authetic. On the other hand, nearly thirty instruments not know to Hellwig have come up, among them the fragment of a baryton, a cello, more viols, guitars, lutes.

Tielke's existing oeuvre is therefore one of the most comprehensive and by number close to that of Stradivari and the other great Italian makers. Tielke's instruments are famous not only for their marquetry and carved heards but also for their tonal qualities.

A much-debated question is that of the contribution Tielke himself made to the instruments signed with his name. The examination of his work leads to the idea that he engaged outside craftsmen and artists for the supply of carvings and marquetry, possibly even complete instruments.

Further reading

  • Günther Hellwig, Joachim Tielke (1980). Ein Hamburger Lauten- und Violenmacher der Barockzeit. Frankfurt/Main. (A new edition is in preparation by Friedemann Hellwig.)


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