Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia in D
The Fantasia in D, written on folio 25 of manuscript Am.B 340 is again an anonymous work. It is again an Echo Fantasia and has many similarities with the preceding one. I am inclined...
Category: Anonymus
Anonymus (Kirchhoff?), Ciaconna “Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der von uns” (2)
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to “Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns”. Three of them were composed by Zachow, two remain anonymous. Though there is...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia in A (2)
The next composition in manuscript Am.B. 340 (after the Fantasia in G, published last week) is again an anonymous composition and I do not know on which original it might be based. The composition...
Anonymus (Kirchhoff?), Ciaconna “Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der von uns”
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to “Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns”. Three of them were composed by Zachow, two remain anonymous. Though there is...
Wilhelm Karges (?), Fantasia in D
[update, 21-03-2021] I finally deduced what the meaning is of this sign: It signifies a repeat. That means that in this particular piece there is a repeat near the end that I had hitherto...
Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (?), Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, Emans 137
It is a fact that people like to have a name of the creator to go with a piece of art. Pieces that cannot be attributed to a person, are somehow less valuable. Probably...
H.M.T., Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
This is the fifth of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. It is again a magnificent composition, based...
Anonymus, O Herre Gott, begnade mich
This is the fourth of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. This is really a magnificent composition, based...
Anonymus, Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist
This is the third of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. I is a relatively straightforward manualiter composition....
Anonymus, Fuga Colorata
Almost three years a go I created a publication containing all organ works by Simon Lohet (Loxhay) (c. 1550 – 1611), a Flemish composer, possibly born in Maastricht. The primary source for Lohet’s remaining...
Anonymous, Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein
These anonymous compositions contained in the manuscript with the designation “KN 209”, owned bij the Ratsbücherei, Lüneburg, are largely unedited. And that is a shame, because even though anonymous it is fine music and...
Anonymus, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
The manuscript with the designation “KN 209”, owned bij the Ratsbücherei, Lüneburg, is written in German organ tablature and is one of the most important sources for North German organ music, noth in size...
Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Fuge, F Dur
Besides the works attributed to a composer, the Leipziger manuscript with signature Becker II.2.51 preserves two preludes and fugues and two fugues without a named composer. The fugues share strong similarities with the three...
Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Praeludium und Fuge, B Dur
Besides the works attributed to a composer, the Leipziger manuscript with signature Becker II.2.51 preserves two preludes and fugues and two fugues without a named composer. The preludes are in the North German style...
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 Buttstett. Not only because of the general idea of the piece (choral...