Christian Erbach, Introïtus secundi toni
Introïtus as a title sounds like it was meant to be played at the start of a service. And when I was active church organist I used to keep it easy, slow and rather...
Introïtus as a title sounds like it was meant to be played at the start of a service. And when I was active church organist I used to keep it easy, slow and rather...
Kauffmann’s first prelude to “In dich habe ich gehoffet” is a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. It is a cleverly constructued piece. The fugue theme appears 8 times, twice in...
Yesterday I realized I still have to finish my series of choral preludes by Johann Balthasar Kehl. Only a few pieces left to go, and then it’s time to round them all up in...
This is the second post with a piece from the organbook of Matthias Rottenau. The book is divided in several parts, each of which contains one type of piece: Praeambule, Introiti, Toccate, Canzone, Capricci...
The chorale prelude to “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”, BWV Anh. II 49 is another one of the works of which the authorship of Bach is uncertain. It is a cleverly constructed piece....
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...
The source for this publication is a handwritten copy by August Wilhelm Bach of 6 preludes and fugues composed by Ernst Friedrich Richter. One of them has an opus number, but the rest has...
Christian Erbach was a German composer, organist and teacher. Three documents from his own time give his age variously as 40 in 1610, 42 in 1615 and 50 in 1619, thus placing his birthdate...
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...
Johann Gottfried Vierling (1750 – 1813) was born in Metzels. From 1763 he studied at the Lyzeum in Schmalkalden. In 1768 he succeeded his teacher Johann Nikolaus Tischer (1707–74) as organist in Schmalkalden. He...
The chorale prelude on “Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren” is a fugue on the opening phrase of the choral melody. No frivolous registration this time, just 8′, 4′, 2′, or full organ. For...
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...
Again a piece with an unusual registration prescription. No indication however which hand should play on which manual. So I made two recordings. Probably Kauffmann meant the combination I play first, but the second...
Kauffmann wrote three preludes to the choral “O Herre Gott, dein Göttlich Wordt”. Or perhaps I should say “two and a half” since the third one is really short. In the choral prelude of...
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...