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…
The ninth piece in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 is an anonymous Fantasia, written in the sixth tone. Though it is anonymous in this manuscript, in the…
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,…
Another one of the pieces from the organbook of Matthias Rottenau (Mus. Ms. 40615 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) that is probably possibly…
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…
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,…