Simon Lohet, Fuga Prima (version Lynar B3)
Simon Lohet (Loxhay) (c. 1550 – 1611) was a Flemish composer, possibly born in Maastricht. During his live he was mostly active in Germany. He was organist of the Württemberg court of count Louis...
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Simon Lohet, Surviving organ works
Simon Lohet (Loxhay) (c. 1550 – 1611) was a Flemish composer, possibly born in Maastricht. All of Lohet’s known works are contained in Johann Woltz’s Nova musices organicae tabulatura (Basel, 1617). The bulk of...
Simon Lohet, Nun welche hie Ihr Hoffnung gar (Psalm 125)
The last piece of Lohet there is for me to publish is a four voice treatment of Psalm 125. It’s not based on the melody of Psalm 125 as we know it. Rather it...
Simon Lohet, Erbarm dich mein, Herre Gott
Lohet’s composition on the melody of psalm 51 sounds to me like it was originally written for voices. It’s a more simple composition than his composition on the melody of psalm 8. It has...
Simon Lohet, Compositio super coral Psalm 9
Lohet’s composition on the melody of psalm 9 is a nice example of dense renaissance contrapuntal writing. Each stanza of the choral gets a fugual treatment, often in stretta. The harmony of the last...
Simon Lohet, Motet media vita in morte
Lohet’s transcription of the motet “Media vita in morte” has the main melody in whole notes in the bass voice. The recording was done on the sample set of the Silbermann organ of the...
Simon Lohet, Canzona
The Canzona by Lohet is really a fugue in much the same style as most of his 20 fugues. Perhaps it is callec canzona, because of it’s sing-like character. The fast acoustic of the...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Vigesima
Almost two months have passed since I posted Lohet’s 19th fugue. So it’s about time to publish the 20th and last fugue. It consists of two sections, each with a fugal treatment of a...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Decima Nova
The 19th fugue of Lohet is again a mono thematic fugue. There is hardly a measure where the theme is not present in one of the voices. In atmosphere it is very much like...
Simon Lohet, Fuga 17
The 17th fugue of Lohet is a mono thematic fugue and an intricate one. In it Lohet explores the different ways in which the theme and its inversion can be combined. The theme overlaps...
Simon Lohet, Fuga 16
The sixteenth fugue of Lohet has no less then three different themes. But they all do not get more than one exposition and then the fugue is over. Interesting is that in the first...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Decima Octava
Of course I had to try Lohet on my new sample set as well. Lohet’s eighteenth fugue is again some dense contrapuntal writing. The first part of the fugue is setup as a mono...
Simon Lohet, Fuga 15
In his fiftheenth fugue Lohet experiments with inversion. After the first statement of the first theme, it is immediately answered by its inversion. The third and fourth statement of the theme are respectively its...
Simon Lohet, Fuga 14
The fourteenth fugue of Lohet is again a calm flowing piece. It makes extensive use of syncopation, which makes a nice ‘wobly’ effect in the flow of the music. I recorded it using the...
Simon Lohet, Decima tertia Fuga
The thirteenth fugue by Lohet is more dance like than the preceeding fugue with its long lines. I think it is better suited to use the pedal with this fugue, but I made a...