There is 1 Theodor Lotz (1748-1792) original bassoon in the Hichwa-Rachor database. Lotz was renowned for his basset horns and according to Lütgendorff he also made good violins. Lotz was known as a player of the contrabassoon, clarinet, and basset horn. 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 Bassoon Literature
Brenner, Klaus-Peter. Musikinstrumentensammlung des Musikwissenschaftlichen Seminars der Georg-August-Universität. Göttingen: Bestandskatalog. Jan 2019, p 598.
Dullat, Günter. Verzeichnis der Holz- und Metallblasinstrumentenmacher auf Deutschsprachigem Gebiet von 1500 bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Scheider, 2010, p. 307.
Gerber, Ernst Ludwig. (Altes) Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Tonkünstler. Breitkopf, Leipzig, 1790-92, p. 824.
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music. Frits. Knuf, 1978 Vol. 1, p. 434.
Lütgendorff, Willibald Leo von. Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. II. Band, Verlegt Schneider, Tutzing, 1975, p. 303.
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. Tony Bingham, 1993.
Lotz, Theodor, 5 key bassoon; Lotz1-O-Goettingen551
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