Manuscript Mus ms Bach P287, owned by the Staatbibliothek zu Berlin, contains 6 keyboard fugues by Johann Christian Kittel. They are amongst the first works I transcribed, back in 2014, practising my engraving software...
This is the fifth prelude in which Kauffmann employs the oboe to play the choral melody. The organ plays an elegant trio to accompany the oboe. Kauffann is not only the inventor of the...
Manuscript Am B 340 contains three pieces that are generally believed to be composed by Karges himself. These are a Fantasia, Capriccio (though Karges composed only the first half) and a Præludium . The...
Johann Michael Bach’s prelude to “Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” is a well written four part piece. The tonal development is a bit strange. The piece start with a G major chord and...
Kauffmann’s prelude to “Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr” is a trio with the choral melody in the pedals. As always when Kauffmann uses a ternary rhythm the result is an outstanding piece....
Manuscript Am B 340 contains two fugues, that have the initials “F.S” written beneath the title. Presumably those are the initials of the original composer of this fugue. Alas, I have no idea who...
The source for this publication is a handwritten copy by August Wilhelm Bach of 6 preludes and fugues composed by Ernst Friedrich Richter. Though only one of the others has an opus number, this...
The choral “O Herr Gott, Vater in Ewigkeit” is a choral meant for Trinity Sunday. Bach writes a piece in three parts, to emphasize the Trinitarian nature of God. The first part is titles...
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first...
Kauffmann’s second prelude to ” O Gott, du frommer Gott” is a relativly simple bicinium. Kauffmann does not give a registration prescription with this piece. In other pieces of this kind he usually prescribes...
Manuscript Mus Ms 30195 contains three preludes by Johann Peter Kellner, two of which are followed by a fugue. As far as I could find these three have not been published before. They are...
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first...
Bach’s prelude to “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand” is in style and atmosphere very reminescent to anonymus preludes from Mus Ms 30439. It starts as a solemn fugue on the first...
In the original publication Kauffmann’s prelude to “O Gott, du frommer Gott” is notated on three staves. The choral melody is notated on the upper staves, and the other two voices on the other...
Manuscript Mus Ms 30195 contains three preludes by Johann Peter Kellner, two of which are followed by a fugue. As far as I could find these three have not been published before. They are...
