Georg Andreas Sorge, Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
Sorge’s prelude to “Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen” is again proof of the notion that Sorge was inspired by the tonality of g minor. The piece has a relatively lengthy 3 part introduction before...
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Georg Andreas Sorge, Fröhlich soll mein Herzen springen.
“Fröhlich soll mein Herzen springen” is a choral that is sung on the first day of Christmas. Sorge wrote a festive prelude for this choral melody. The left hand and feet play a fast...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Wir Christenleut
The tonality of g minor seems to have been very inspirational to Sorge. Not only does he use it often (3 times in the first 6 choral preludes from this manuscript collection), he creates...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Lob sei den allmächtigen Gott
Another nice choral prelude by Sorge. The left hand and the feet play the accompaniment for the choral melody in the right hand. The accompaniment is constructed from one melodic idea that is repeated...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Von Adam her so lange Zeit
Sorge wrote a very nice chorale prelude on this melody. The left hand and pedals provide a lively accompaniment to the choral melody, that is played as solo voice with the right hand. Anyone...
Tauscher, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
The source for this piece gives Tauscher the intitials “H.G.” instead of “H.W.” as in other sources. That could mean of course it is in fact another composer, there is no way to be...
Johann Gottfried Walther, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (vers 2)
Johann Gottfried Walther wrote several chorale preludes to “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland”. They are all of high quality. The one labeled (by Walther himself) ‘Vers 2’ has the cantus firmus in the pedal....
Georg Andreas Sorge, Gottes Sohn ist kommen
Georg Andreas Sorge (1703 – 1778) was a German organist, composer, and, most notably, theorist. Sorge’s first professional appointment was at the age of 19 as court and town organist at Lobenstein, a position...
Anonymus, Wie soll ich dich empfangen
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...
Johann Adolph Scheibe, Keyboard Partitas
Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708 – 1776) was a German-Danish composer and critic and theorist of music. As a composer Scheibe is nowadays largely unknown. Though most of his music is now lost, he composed...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Jesus, nichts als Jesus
Johann Bernhard Bach wrote a nice bicinium on the melody of “Jesus, nichts als Jesus”. In the left hand part Bach comes surprisingly close to the Alberti bass, an accompaniment figure often used in...
Dietrich Buxtehude, Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 192
One of the two preludes Buxtehude wrote on the melody of “Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn”. It is written in his usual style, with a colourfull solo voice, playing the choral melody with...
Daniel Erich, Christum wir sollen loben schon
Daniel Erich (1649 – 1712) was a German organist and composer. He studied with Buxtehude and became organist at the parish church in Güstrow (also the Marienkirche) in 1679, a position he held until...
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Vom Himmel kam der Engelschar
Buttstett wrote a fine prelude to “Vom Himmel kam der Engelschar”. It start with a solo line that goes up in rapid notes and then descends in a flowing line to the lower g....
Anonymus, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
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...