Wake, Christian Friedrich Gottlieb

1769-1848

 

Organist and an authority on organ building. He was born in Spandau and held the position of organist there in 1791, then in Neuruppin, in 1820 was Royal musical director, and the next year was given a government commission for the building and inspection of organs. He published a number of works on the subject of organ-playing and organ-building.