The Frankenberg manuscript, held by the Nederlands Muziekinstituut, is a rich source of choral preludes from both named and unnamed composers. This prelude to “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein” is one of those...
In Neumeister’s manuscript the prelude to “Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn” follows immediately after the prelude to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Although Neumeister does not write a composer’s name above...
Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of these pieces can be attributed to Johan Pachelbel, two...
Update, 4 sep 2018: The piece turns out to be (probably) by Johann Ludwig Krebs. See the new publication. I keep this post, to redirect visitors to the new score. The recording was done...
Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of these pieces can be attributed to Johan Pachelbel, two...
Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of these pieces can be attributed to Johan Pachelbel, two...
Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of these pieces can be attributed to Johan Pachelbel, two...
Another piece Walther left without composer in his manuscripts. Walther writes “Hautbois” where the choral melody enters. Writing music for the combination of organ and oboe seems to be an invention of Kauffmann. Yet...
The manuscripts of Johann Gottfried Walther are a valuable source for compositions of his contemporaries. His transcriptions are very precise and on the whole he meticulously writes down the composer of the pieces. But...
I am always intruiged by pieces whose composer is unknown. This fugue in E flat major is one such piece. The manuscript I transcribed it from is largely filled with works by J.S. Bach...
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30439 owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is an interesting manuscript. It contains five different fascicles, some reasonably preserved, others deteriorated to the point of not being readable anymore. The second...
There remain two pieces to be published from the manuscript that contains the 6 Organ Trios. Initially I thought the remaining pieces were chorale preludes, but of one I cannot deduce what choral it...
There remain two pieces to be published from the manuscript that contains the 6 Organ Trios. Initially I thought the remaining pieces were chorale preludes, but of one I cannot deduce what choral it...
For an explanation for the ascription to Johann Adam Hiller, read here. The recording was done on the sample set of the Müller-organ in the Sint Bavokerk in Haarlem by Voxus Organs for Hauptwerk....
For an explanation of the ascription to Johann Adam Hiller, read here. The recording was done on the sample set of the Müller-organ in the Sint Bavokerk in Haarlem by Voxus Organs for Hauptwerk....
