Johann Georg Bernhard Beutler, Es ist genug
Beutler’s prelude tot the choral “Es ist genug” leans a bit more to the galant style than the prelude I published 6 days ago. The overall structure is the same, with the cantus firmus...
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Johann Christoph Conrad, Trio D Dur
Johann Christoph Conrad (1722 – 1784) was a German composer and organist. Little was known about his life and even the years of birth and death were uncertain. Thanks to Andreas Osiander (see his...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
A while ago I broke my left arm rather severely. It is slowly healing, but as yet it is uncertain whether i will ever be able to play the organ again as I used...
Johann Georg Bernhard Beutler, Werde munter mein Gemüthe
Johann Georg Bernhard Beutler was born in Mühlhausen/Thuringia in 1762 and worked in his hometown throughout his life. After studying theology and music in Halle, he became rector of the grammar school and organist...
Paul Siefert (?), Fantasia Noni Toni ex A La Mi Re
The Fantasia noni Toni Ex A La Mi Re is the last of the 13 anonymous fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51. It took me a bit longer to finish this series than I initially...
Johann Peter Kellner, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
Kellner’s choral prelude to the choral ” Johann Peter Kellner, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten” is not without it’s surprises and technical difficulties. The choral melody is played with the left hand....
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, D Dur (L 22)
The prelude in D DUr, L 22, starts with a long improvisatory-like introduction. Some passage are written out in broken chords, others passages are just long chord-sequences. It is not clear wether these chords...
Paul Siefert (?), Fantasia Octavi Toni ex G (2)
The second Fantasia octavi Toni ex G from manuscript Backer II.2.51 is structurally similar to it’s predecessor in the manusript. Both feature three episodes in whoch the themes appear in their ‘normal’ form and...
Johann Effler, Toccata super Magnificat
Besides the three preludes I published a few days ago (see here: https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-effler-3-preludes/) manuscript Ms 001, owned owned by the Bibliothek der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt, contains one more work by...
Johann Effler, 3 Preludes
Johann Effler(1634 – 1711) was a German organist and composer. During his life he was organist in Gehren (from 1655 till 1678) where he was succeeded by Johann Michael Bach, in the Predigerkirche in...
Jacob Adlung, Christus der ist mein Leben
Untill now I’ve only come acroos one choral prelude by Jacob Adler, the prelude to “Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn (see here: https://partitura.org/index.php/jacob-adlung-herr-christ-der-einig-gottes-sohn/). That publication is already more than 6 uears old, so...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Canon “So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin” (BWV Anh. II 72, Emans 198)
Bach’s authorship of this Canon is uncertain. The source of this composition, manuscript Mus Ms P285, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, does not mention the composer, nor does it specify the choral melody. It...
Paul Siefert (?), Fantasia Octavi Toni ex G
The fantasia octavi Toni ex G is the eleventh fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51, owned by the Stadtbibliothek Leipzig. It features three distinguisable episodes with each it’s own fugue theme. In each of these...
Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber, Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele
The chorale prelude to “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” is the second piece in Manuscript D-LEb Rara I, 19, owned by the Bach Archiv in Leipzig, that wasd composed by Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber....
Johann Sebastian Bach (?)/Gottfried August Homilius (?), Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV Anh. II 74)
The source for this composition is manuscript Mus. ms. Bach P 1115, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. It contains 12 compositions of which the authorship of Bach is undisputable. Besides these 12 compositions, it...