Category: Anonymus, Becker II.2.51

The ninth Fantasia from manuscript Becker II 51, owned by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, is based on two themes or motives. Both are introduced in the first 6 bars of the fantasia. Though it is...

The eigth Fantasia from manuscript Becker II 51, owned by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, features again three sections, this time with three different themes. Each section has an easy recognizable close, so it should not...

The second Fantasia Quinti Toni ex F moll, from manuscript Becker II 51, owned by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, features three fugato-like sections. The first two sections merge into one another, the beginning of the...

The first fantasia quinti toni from manuscript Becker II 51 a single theme, though the composition is clearly divided into three sections. The theme of the piece is introduced in the tenor voice, and...

The 13 fantasias in manuscript Becker II 51, owned by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, are left without indication of a composer in the manuscript. Nevertheless, some researchers attribute the fantasias in Becker II 51 to...

The fourth fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51 is based on the third church mode, here centered around “E La Mi”. I am not sure what this actually means. The fantasia that follows this one...

The third fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51 is again a Fantasia written in the second church mode, this time cetered around G. It is a bit shorter than the second fantasia and features only...

The second fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51 is written in the second church mode, centered around tonal centre D. It has no less then 4 sections, each with a different theme, though you have...

A few years ago I published music composed by Georg Wilhelm Saxer (see here: Saxer, Georg Wilhelm). That music was taken from manuscript Becker II.2.51, owned by the Stadtbibliothek Leipzig. Besides the music of...