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…
Anonymus (Johann Heinrich Buttstett?), Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein
The Frankenberg manuscript, held by the Nederlands Muziekinstituut, is a rich source of choral preludes from both named and unnamed composers. This…
Anonymus (Johann Heinrich Buttstett?), Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
The Frankenberg manuscript does not attribute a composer to this chorale prelude. It is tempting to attribute this piece to Johann Heinrich…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein
Neumeister ascribes the choral prelude to "Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein" to Johann Michael Bach. In two other manuscript sources (both the…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
The so-called Frankenberger Manuscript is one of the most precious items in the collection of the Netherlands Music Institute. It contains 196 organ…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
The second chorale prelude by Buttstett in the Frankenberger Manuscript on 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr' starts almost identical as the one I…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
The third chorale prelude by Buttstett in the Frankenberger Manuscript on "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" is my favorite of the four. It is…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
The fourth chorale prelude by Buttstett in the Frankenberger Manuscript on "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" is for manuals only. The recording…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Christ lag in Todesbanden
Johann Heinrich Buttstett was born in 1666 in Bindersleben and died in Erfurt in 1727. He was a pupil of Johann Pachelbel. In 1691 he became organist…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Christ lag in Todesbanden
This chorale prelude is the second by Buttstett on the chorale Christ lag in Todesbanden in the manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Der Tag der ist so Freudenreich
Buttstett's prelude to this chorale paints the joy of Christmas with a lively rythm and fast scale passages. The recording was done on the sample…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Es stehn für Gottes Throne
Buttstett's prelude tot "Es stehn für Gottes Throne" is a three part piece, with the choral melody in the soprano voice. Intruiging is that in the…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
A festive prelude for a festive day. Played with with plenum of first two manuals, and the powerful Bombarde 16' in the pedals. The recording was…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Gottes Sohn ist kommen
Mus.Ms. 22541 II contains three chorale preludes by Buttstett on "Gottes Sohn ist kommen". The first of the three has the chorale melody in the bass,…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Gottes Sohn ist kommen (2)
A small manualiter prelude, played in a small registration. The recording was done the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Gottes Sohn ist kommen (3)
One of the three preludes by Buttstett on "Gottes Sohn ist kkommen". It has the melody in the bass. The recording was done on the new sample set…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, In dulci jubilo
The style of this work is very similar to one of the preludes Buttstett wrote for "Gottes Sohn ist kommen". The choral melody is in the bass, the…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Jesus Christus unser Heiland
This choral prelude is transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The dorian sixth in the first bar is…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein
After yesterday's prelude that was possibly written by Johann Heinrich Buttstett, follows today a prelude that was definitely written by Buttstett.…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
A simple yet beautiful manualiter prelude of this Lutheran chorale. It is set up as a fugue on the first line of the melody of the chorale. The theme…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
This choral prelude by Buttstett presents th e choral melody twice. The first time in long notes in the spoprano voice. The second time again in the…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
A small prelude by Buttstett, but a fine example of how to elaborate a simple chorale harmonisation into a chorale prelude. The left hand plays the…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Vom Himmel kam der Engelschar
Buttstett wrote a fine prelude to "Vom Himmel kam der Engelschar". It start with a solo line that goes up in rapid notes and then descends in a…
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