The organbook of Matthias Rottenau (Mus. Ms. 40615 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) contains numerous works from unnamed composers. Perhaps they are from Rottenau himself, perhaps they are from other composers. As far as...
The last of the Kehl choral preludes. Not nearly as elaborate as the prelude by Bach on the same choral melody, but a nice soft flowing piece nonetheless. After the summer holidays I’ll wrap...
Christian Erbach junior (1604-1645) was the son of Christian Erbach (~1570 – 1635). Where his father left a considerable amount of music, only a few works of Erbach junior have survived the years. Erbach...
Kauffmann’s ‘Harmonische Seelenlust’ contains three preludes to “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”. Only one of them was written by Kauffmann. The other two were composed by Walther and inserted in the ‘Harmonische...
Johann Friedrich Fasch(1688 – 1758), a German violinist and composer, was born in Buttelstedt near Weimar. He was a pupil of Johann Kuhnau and worked as violinist in Bayreuth and Leipzig. Later he served...
Kauffmann’s second prelude on this chorale melody is a three part piece. The chorale melody in the soprano voice, the other two parts weave a sixteenth note patterns beneath it. The recording was done...
Kauffmann’s second prelude on “Nun lob mein Seel den Herren” is a fugue on the first phrase of the chorale melody, though on a smaller scale than his first prelude on the same melody....
Kauffmann’s prelude on “Nun freut euch lieben Christen gemein” is a lovely bicinium. The left had accompanies with scales and broken chords the chorale melody in the right hand. Kauffmann prescribes (again!) a 16′...
The title of this choral suggest perhaps music with some brilliance. However, the music Kehl actually wrote is to my ears very modest. Therefore I play it with a somewhat slow tempo and a...
Kauffmann prescribes again a 16-feet reed for this choral prelude. I tried the combination he suggets, but it makes the music very heavy to my ears. So I use a different registration in this...
The structure of this Toccata is actually quite similar as the structure of the Introïtus I posted a week ago: an introduction in stately chords, some passage work, a polyphonal section, and again some...
This is the twin prelude to the one I posted two days ago. And then only because it has the same choral melody as subject and it’s possibly written by Bach. I don’t know...
The choral “Lobt Gott ihr Chirsten all zugleich” inspired Kehl to a compose piece that is more early classical than baroque. It is a festive piece for a festive occasion (Christmas). The recording was...
Again a piece that may or may not have been composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is an elegant piece in which the chorale melody flows in long lines, accompanied by faster eigth notes...
Two manuscripts containing 7 keyboard partita’s are held by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The partita’s vary in length, the number of dances, their type and order seem somewhat arbitrary. But they all have one thing...
