Neumeister’s transcription of Bach’s prelude to “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält” contains surprisingly few errors. Perhaps because it is a piece with just three parts? Bach wrote a nice piece, with...
Manuscript Becker III.8.43. owned by the Sachsische Landes- und Universitatsbibliothek contains 4 fugues by Johann Ludwig Krebs. The scribe made lots of errors in his transcriptions. So it is a bit of a guess...
Neumeister ascribes the choral prelude to “Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein” to Johann Michael Bach. In two other manuscript sources (both the Plauener Orgelbuch and the Königsberger manuscript) however the piece is ascribed...
Neumeister’s transcription of Bach’s prelude to “Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz” gives again many reasons to doubt the correctness of his transcriptions. Some of the notes seem wrong and though the pieces starts...
Manuscript Becker III.8.43. owned by the Sachsische Landes- und Universitatsbibliothek contains 4 fugues by Johann Ludwig Krebs. The scribe made lots of errors in his transcriptions. So it is a bit of a guess...
This piece appears not only in Neumeister’s manuscript, but is present in Mus. Ms. 30439 as well. I published the version from that last source two years ago and it is (of course) present...
Ernest Grosjean (1844 – 1936) published “Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium”, a set of 56 pieces in two volumes, in 1902. The first volume contains 33 easy pieces, that can be played without the...
Bach’s prelude to “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt” is a small fugue on the first phrase of the melody. This phrase appears at least 7 times, though I think that Neumeister forgot two...
Manuscript Becker III.8.43. owned by the Sachsische Landes- und Universitatsbibliothek contains 4 fugues by Johann Ludwig Krebs. The scribe made lots of errors in his transcriptions. So it is a bit of a guess...
Bach’s chorale prelude to “Kommt her zu mir spricht Gottes Sohn” is not only present in the Neumeister Sammlung, but is present in Mus. Ms. 30439 as well. I published the version from that...
Ernest Grosjean (1844 – 1936) published “Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium”, a set of 56 pieces in two volumes, in 1902. The first volume contains 33 easy pieces, that can be played without the...
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...
“Ein Lämmelin geht” is a Lutheran hymn for Passiontide, often sung on the melody of “An Wasserflüssen Babylon”. Sorge wrote a prelude that captures the mood of the text and the tide perfectly. The...
Ernest Grosjean (1844 – 1936) published “Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium”, a set of 56 pieces in two volumes, in 1902. The first volume contains 33 easy pieces, that can be played without the...
The anonymous piece posted two days ago, turns out to be (probably) from Johann Ludwig Krebs. Martin Moree pointed out to me that both the libraries of Leipzig and of Berlin own a manuscript,...
