Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 - 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn't for the…
Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 - 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn't for the…
In Neumeister's manuscript the prelude to "Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn" follows immediately after the prelude to "Wie schön leuchtet der…
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.…
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains over 40 choral preludes composed by Zachow or his pupil Kirchhof.…
Yesterday I published the first of two preludes to "Christ lag in Todesbanden", contained in manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek…
The end of another series is near. Zachow's preludes to "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" is the last of the…
The choral preludes "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott", LV 28), shows Zachow mastered counterpoint to a high level. The manuscript subtitles this…
Besides Johann Michael Bach and Johann Sebastian Bach, the Neumeister manuscript features some works by Zachow. These were already known from other…
The source for this chorale prelude is manuscript Mus Ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The scribe of this manuscript was…
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…
Zachow's choral prelude to "Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah" consistst of three different movements. The first of these has no direct relation to…
The full first phrase of this choral reads "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt" (Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turned…
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to "Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns". At least…
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to "Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns". At least…
The chorale prelude Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist was transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu…
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663 - 1712) was born in Leipzig. He probably received his first musical training from his father, the piper Heinrich…
The second chorale prelude by Zachow on "Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott", transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the…
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains over 40 choral preludes composed by Zachow or his pupil Kirchhof. They cover…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
The subtitle of this choral prelude in manuscript Mus Ms 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin) "Fuga cum contrasubjecto al inverso". Zachow…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…