Johann Georg Bernhard Beutler was born in Mühlhausen/Thuringia in 1762 and worked in his hometown throughout his life. After studying theology and music in Halle, he became rector of the grammar school and organist...
The Fantasia noni Toni Ex A La Mi Re is the last of the 13 anonymous fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51. It took me a bit longer to finish this series than I initially...
Kellner’s choral prelude to the choral ” Johann Peter Kellner, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten” is not without it’s surprises and technical difficulties. The choral melody is played with the left hand....
The prelude in D DUr, L 22, starts with a long improvisatory-like introduction. Some passage are written out in broken chords, others passages are just long chord-sequences. It is not clear wether these chords...
The second Fantasia octavi Toni ex G from manuscript Backer II.2.51 is structurally similar to it’s predecessor in the manusript. Both feature three episodes in whoch the themes appear in their ‘normal’ form and...
Besides the three preludes I published a few days ago (see here: https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-effler-3-preludes/) manuscript Ms 001, owned owned by the Bibliothek der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt, contains one more work by...
Johann Effler(1634 – 1711) was a German organist and composer. During his life he was organist in Gehren (from 1655 till 1678) where he was succeeded by Johann Michael Bach, in the Predigerkirche in...
Untill now I’ve only come acroos one choral prelude by Jacob Adler, the prelude to “Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn (see here: https://partitura.org/index.php/jacob-adlung-herr-christ-der-einig-gottes-sohn/). That publication is already more than 6 uears old, so...
Bach’s authorship of this Canon is uncertain. The source of this composition, manuscript Mus Ms P285, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, does not mention the composer, nor does it specify the choral melody. It...
The fantasia octavi Toni ex G is the eleventh fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51, owned by the Stadtbibliothek Leipzig. It features three distinguisable episodes with each it’s own fugue theme. In each of these...
The chorale prelude to “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” is the second piece in Manuscript D-LEb Rara I, 19, owned by the Bach Archiv in Leipzig, that wasd composed by Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber....
The source for this composition is manuscript Mus. ms. Bach P 1115, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. It contains 12 compositions of which the authorship of Bach is undisputable. Besides these 12 compositions, it...
The 21th composition from manuscript Becker III.8.63 is a fugue in a minor. With the possible exception of the Prelude in C, L 16a and the Fugue in C, L 16b, manuscript Becker III.8.63...
Like most of the fantasias from manuscript Becker II.2.51 the Fantasia Septimi Toni ex G is structurally divided into three sections or episodes. Though the music flows uninterrupted, it is easy to recognize when...
Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber (1702 – 1775) was a German composer and organist. He received his first musical education from Irrgang in Bellstedt. In 1717 he went to Mühlhausen, where he found a stimulating musical...
A little over a week ago I published the score of an anonymous choral prelude to the choral Wo soll ich fliehen hin (see here: https://partitura.org/index.php/anonymus-wo-soll-ich-fliehen-hin/). As the composition is left incomplete in the...
