Neumeister Choräle, not by J.S. Bach, Part II
Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 - 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn't for the…
Neumeister Choräle, not by J.S. Bach, Part I
Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 - 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn't for the…
Anonymus (Zachow?), Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn
In Neumeister's manuscript the prelude to "Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn" follows immediately after the prelude to "Wie schön leuchtet der…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Ach herr, mich armen Sünder
The melody for "Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder" is the same as the melody for "Befiehl du deine Wege", which was the subject of last week's post.…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ (LV 1a)
There exist two versions of Zachow's prelude to "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ". One ends in b flat major and is the longer one of the two, and the…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Somewhere before my ice-skating accident I had already finished the recordings of remainder of the pieces from manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, and of…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Christ lag in Todebanden, LV 47(a)
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains over 40 choral preludes composed by Zachow or his pupil Kirchhof.…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Christ lag in Todebanden, LV 47(b)
Yesterday I published the first of two preludes to "Christ lag in Todesbanden", contained in manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
The end of another series is near. Zachow's preludes to "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" is the last of the…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (LV 28)
The choral preludes "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott", LV 28), shows Zachow mastered counterpoint to a high level. The manuscript subtitles this…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
Besides Johann Michael Bach and Johann Sebastian Bach, the Neumeister manuscript features some works by Zachow. These were already known from other…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Herr Gott dich loben wir (LV 4)
In the manuscript source this choral prelude is notated on just two staves. Nevertheless, I can't help the feeling that it is perhaps meant as a…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott (LV 32)
Zachow's prelude to the choral "Herr Jesu Christ, waht Mensch und Gott" is an unpretentious 3 part composition. The choral melody is played in the…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (LV 5)
The source for this chorale prelude is manuscript Mus Ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The scribe of this manuscript was…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, In dulci jubilo
A small prelude by Zachow, but very lovely. The melody is accompanied by two flowing voices in triple meter. The recording was done on the sample…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah, LV 48
Zachow's choral prelude to "Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah" consistst of three different movements. The first of these has no direct relation to…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesu, der du meine Seele (LV 6)
Zachow's prelude to "Jesu, der du meine Seele" is setup as a short double fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody and a free counter subject.…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der von uns (LV 19)
The full first phrase of this choral reads "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt" (Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turned…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der von uns (LV 36)
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to "Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns". At least…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der von uns (LV 7)
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to "Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns". At least…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
The chorale prelude Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist was transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663 - 1712) was born in Leipzig. He probably received his first musical training from his father, the piper Heinrich…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
The second chorale prelude by Zachow on "Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott", transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, LV 8
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains over 40 choral preludes composed by Zachow or his pupil Kirchhof. They cover…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Mit Fried und Freud
Zachow wrote a fugue, based on the first phrase on the chorale melody of "Mit Fried und Freud". Not an easy subject for a fugue as it moves two…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (1)
There are two preludes on "Nun komm der heiden Heiland" by Zachow in Mus.ms.22541 II. This is the longest of the two. Each melodic phrase of the…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (2)
There are two preludes on "Nun komm der heiden Heiland" by Zachow in Mus.ms.22541 II. This is the second of the two. Just like the preludes by Vetter…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (3)
Two years ago, I already published two preludes by Zachow to the choral "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland". This is a third prelude on the same melody.…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, O Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
The subtitle of this choral prelude in manuscript Mus Ms 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin) "Fuga cum contrasubjecto al inverso". Zachow…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, LV 40
Zachow wrote a nice three part chorale prelude to "O Lamm Gottes unschuldig". The chorale melody is in the upper voice, while the other two voices…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Since advent started today, it is time for a few more pieces of music suited for the advent and Christmas period. Perhaps they will come in handy in…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Zachow wrote at least four preludes based on the melody of "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her". Three can already be found on my site. Today follows…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, Vers 1
Two preludes by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow are next in line in the series of christmas preludes. In Walther's manuscript they appear next to each…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, Vers 2
Two preludes by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow are next in line in the series of christmas preludes. In Walther's manuscript they appear next to each…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz (LV 52)
Zachow's prelude to "Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz" (LV 52) consists of two seperate movenements in manuscript Mus ms 40037. In the catalogue of…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit (LV 23)
Zachow's prelude to "Was mein Gott will das gescheh allzeit" (LV 23) is a solidly written composition, though perhaps a bit scholarly like. Each…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wenn mein Stündlein (LV 12)
Like a lot of Zachow's choral preludes. this one is also a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. In this case Zachow also employs a…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wer Gott vertraut (LV 13)
Zachow prelude to "Wer Gott vertraut" is a little fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. Though it is a four part fugue, in most places only…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Zachow's preludes to "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" is written in four parts. Most of the phrases have fore imitations in the other voices…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wir Christenleut
Zachow’s prelude on “Wir Christenleut” is a kind of double fugue based on the first phrase of the choral melody and a counter subject. The…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (LV 15)
Zachow wrote a four part fugato on the first phrase of the chorale melody of "Wir glauben all' an einen Gott". Though each voice plays the fugato…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (LV 45)
As I publish these pieces more or less in the order as they appear in manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, the next one in line is Zachow's prelude to "Wo Gott…
Kauffmann/Zachow, Nun lasst uns Gott den Herrn
Kauffmann's prelude to "Nun lasst uns Gott den Herrn" is actually not by Kauffmann at all, but is a piece composed by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow.…