Several works for organ of Kirnberger's hand survive in print and manuscript. The chorale prelude "Allein Gott in der Höh si Ehr" one of them. It is…
An interesting feature of the melody of the chorale "Eins ist Noth" is its change from binary rythm to ternary rythm. Kirnberger made an elegant…
The prelude on "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" is a bicinium with the choral melody in long notes in the right hand and an elaborately worked out…
The first chorale prelude in manuscript Am. B 396, owned by the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, is a three part manualiter prelude on the melody of…
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. Possibly, though not verified, he was a pupil of Johann…
The chorale prelude "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" is from an old edition by Johann Christoph Kühnau. [Update, 12-03-2016] Manuscript Am. B.396,…
Interesting in the prelude on "Ich bin ja Herr in deiner Macht" is that the piece is written in A major and touches on f sharp minor and c sharp…
The chorale preludes by Kirnberger, contained in Manuscript Am. 386, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin vary greatly in scope and texture. They…
Michael David Samuel Gattermann (1748 - 1829) was Kantor in the St. Petri Kirche in Berlin and taught at the Kolnische Gymnasium. He was a pupil of…
Almost a year ago I published a version of this piece, based on manuscript Mus.ms. 30194, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. That version was…
The chorale prelude on "Lobe den Herren den mächtigen König" by Kirnberger is contained in at least two manuscripts, both owned by the…
The prelude on "Nun danket alle Gott" is a three part piece, with the choral melody in the soprano voice. The recording was done by Andreas…
The prelude on "Nun lasst uns Gott den Herren" is a nice example of how to transform a simple setting of a chorale into a prelude. Bass and melody…
The prelude on "Schücke dich o liebe Seele" is a three part rendering of the chorale melody. It is probably meant to be played with just the hands,…
Almost 9 months ago I started a series of choral preludes by Johann Philipp Kirnberger, contained in Manuscript Am. 386, owned by the…
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. In 1758 obtained the major position of his life, music…
The chorale prelude on "Was Gott thut dass ist wohl getan" is a manualiter piece. But again the voices are in places quite far apart. For me it's…
This chorale prelude is a relatively simple bicinium. The left hand provides a lively accompaniment to the chorale melody in the right hand. What…
This chorale prelude by Kirnberger comes from an autograph that was part of the Amalienbibliothek in Berlin. The Amalienbibliothek in Berlin is not…
I already posted two preludes by Kirnberger on the choral "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten", but here is another one. There is even a fourth…
Kirnberger must have really loved the melody "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten", as there are at least four pieces by his hand based on this…