Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 – 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn’t for the collection of chorale preludes he compiled in the years shortly after...
Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 – 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn’t for the collection of chorale preludes he compiled in the years shortly after...
While preparing an edition containing all the works-not-by-JS-Bach from the Neumseister Sammlung, I found one work I have not yet published: Johann Michael’s Bach prelude to “Auf meinen Gott”. I did create a score,...
The last of the pieces by Johann Michael Bach from Neumeister’s collection is the prelude to “Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist”. It develops as a dialog between soprano and bass voice, with each in...
Johann Michael’s Bach prelude to “Es spricht der unweisen Mund wohl gar” is again a simple three part piece. The chorale melody is played in the soprano part, and the other two voices play...
Neumeister’s transcription of Bach’s prelude to “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält” contains surprisingly few errors. Perhaps because it is a piece with just three parts? Bach wrote a nice piece, with...
Neumeister’s transcription of Bach’s prelude to “Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz” gives again many reasons to doubt the correctness of his transcriptions. Some of the notes seem wrong and though the pieces starts...
This piece appears not only in Neumeister’s manuscript, but is present in Mus. Ms. 30439 as well. I published the version from that last source two years ago and it is (of course) present...
Bach’s prelude to “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt” is a small fugue on the first phrase of the melody. This phrase appears at least 7 times, though I think that Neumeister forgot two...
Bach’s chorale prelude to “Kommt her zu mir spricht Gottes Sohn” is not only present in the Neumeister Sammlung, but is present in Mus. Ms. 30439 as well. I published the version from that...
Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of these pieces can be attributed to Johan Pachelbel, two...
Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of these pieces can be attributed to Johan Pachelbel, two...
Johann Michael Bach’s prelude to “Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot” is a four part piece that was probably meant to be played manualiter. Each phrase of the chorale melody is introduced with a...
Other manuscript sources attribute this piece to Johann Pachelbel. Johann Gottfried Neumeister however attributes it in his collection to Johann Michael Bach. This piece can also be found in manuscript Mus Ms 30439, where...
Neumeister attributes this chorale prelude to Johann Michael Bach. In other sources it is attributed to Johann Pachelbel. A reason often given for this confusion is that Pachelbel’s name was sometimes written as Bachelbel,...
