Johann Bernhard Bach, Nun freut euch lieben Christen gemein
Composing a bicinium is one of the most difficult compositorial tasks there is. When you first see the score of a bicinium it does not seem very difficult. After all, there are only two...
Category: Bach, Johann Bernhard
Johann Bernhard Bach, Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
Writing a good and attractive bicinium is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks in writing music for the organ. Playing a bicinium is definitely one of the most difficult tasks in playing the...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Jesus, nichts als Jesus
Johann Bernhard Bach wrote a nice bicinium on the melody of “Jesus, nichts als Jesus”. In the left hand part Bach comes surprisingly close to the Alberti bass, an accompaniment figure often used in...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676 – 1749) was second cousin to Johann Sebastian Bach. Not much of his works survive, but the few works that did survive are of high quality. The prelude on “Vom...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (3)
The third prelude by Johann Bernhard Bach on “Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott”, found in the Frankenberg manuscript. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ Art Media, of the Arp...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (2)
The second prelude on “Wir glauben all an einen Gott” found in the Frankenberger Manuscript. The recording was done on the sample set of the Silbermann organ of the Stadtkirche Zöblitz by Prospectum. Score...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Wir glauben all an einen Gott
The Frankenberger Manuscript contains three preludes on “Wir glauben all an einen Gott” by Johann Bernhard Bach (1676 – 1749). I could not find a reference to other editions of these three chorale preludes,...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Christ lag in Todesbanden
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676 – 1749) was second cousin to Johann Sebastian Bach. He was organist in Eisenach, and there he worked a few years together with Georg Philipp Telemann. Most of his organ...