The Hichwa-Rachor database contains one original bassoon of Theodor Lotz (Wien 1748-Wien 1792). Lotz flourished in Pressburg in 1784, then Wien from 1784 through 1792. He was renowned for his basset horns, and according to Lütgendorff, he also made good violins. Lotz was known as a contrabassoon, clarinet, and basset horn player. He was a member of the same Freemason Lodge as W.A. Mozart and played contrabassoon on Mozart’s Maurerische Tauermusik, K477, at the Lodge in 1785. He worked with the famous clarinetist Anton Stadler to build a basset clarinet for which Mozart composed several works.
Theodor Lotz Literature [Revised 9 February 2025]
Brenner, Klaus-Peter. Musikinstrumentensammlung des Musikwissenschaftlichen Seminars der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Bestandskatalog, 597, 598. January 2019.
Dullat, Günter. Verzeichnis der Holz- und Metallblasinstrumentenmacher auf Deutschsprachigem Gebiet von 1500 bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing: Scheider, 2010.
Gerber, Ernst Ludwig. Altes historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkünstler, Erster Teil, 824. Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1790–92.
Hopfner, Rudolf. Wiener Musikinstrumentenmacher 1766-1900, 307, 308. Tutzing: Schneider, 1999.
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, p. 434. Buren: Frits Knuf, 1978.
Lütgendorff, Willibald von. Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 303. Frankfurt: Frankfurter Verlags, 1922.
Nagy, Michael. “Zum Fagottbau in Wien.” In Bericht über die Vierte Internationale Fachtagung zur Erforschung der Blasmusik, Uster/Schweiz, 38–41. Tutzing: Schneider, 1981.
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Lotz, Theodor, 5 key bassoon; Lotz1-O-Goettingen551
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