Wilhelm Karges, Præludium
This Præludium is the last composition from Am. B. 340. I started publishing the compositions from this manuscript almost 5 years ago and now finally, 5 years and 44 compositions later the job is...
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Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia auff 2 Clavier
This is the last Echo Fantasia from manuscript Am.B. 340. It consists of two echo episodes and a closing episodes in which the echo play is not as pronounced as in the first two...
Wilhelm Karges, Capricio
The last Capricio from manuscript Am.B. 340 shows the characteristics of one of the Caprici Karges based on the compositions of Francois Roberday. I’m however unfamiliar withan original by Roberday’s hand on which this...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia Echo
The next composition from manuscript AM.B. 340 is again an echo fantasia. It is either an original composition by Karges, or an adaptation of a composition by an unknown composer. Either way, it consists...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia 2 after Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s Fantasia Chromatica
Karges based at least two fantasia’s in the manuscript on Sweelink’s original Fantasia Chromatica. I say “at least” because there are two short fragments inserted in the manuscript that are probably based on the...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia 1 after Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s Fantasia Chromatica
Karges edited several pieces by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck into more than one composition. He gives Sweelink’s Fantasia Chromatica the same treatment. He bases at least two fantasia’s in the manuscript on Swwelink’s original. I...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia auff 2 Claviere
Four years ago I started publishing the compositions contained im manuscript Am.B. 340., owned by the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. It has been a lot of work deciphering the manuscript, creating scores, practicing the compositions...
Wilhelm Karges, Capricio in C
The last dozen or so compositions I published from manuscript Am.B. 340 were all compositions by either Sebastian Anton Scherer or Francois Roberday that Karges adapted to his needs. The Capricio in C is...
Wilhelm Karges, François Roberday, Capricio in D
This Capricio in d is based on Roberday’s “Caprice sur le mesme suject de Fugue 6me”. Roberday’s original consists of three episode of which Karges only uses the first one. Karges leaves more then...
Wilhelm Karges, François Roberday, Capricio in d
This Capricio in d is based on Roberday’s “Fugue 5me”. Karges largely follows Roberday’s original, but he adapts it to suit his needs. As with a lot of Karges’ adaptations, Karges adds several possibilities...
Wilhelm Karges, François Roberday, Capricio E vel A
Following the series of Caprici, based on composition by Sebastian Anton Scherer, manuscript Am.B. 340 contains several caprici based on compositions by Francois Roberday. I already published one of them, the Capricio in g....
Wilhelm Karges, Sebastian Anton Scherer, Capricio Septimi Toni
Karges’ Capricio Septimi Toni is based on Sebastian Anton Scherer’s Intonatios Tertia and Secunda Septimi Toni. As with the Capricio in G the composition is almost identical to Scherer’s original. Karges omits some of...
Wilhelm Karges, Sebastian Anton Scherer, Capricio in G
Karges’ Capricio in G is based on Scherer’s Intonatios Tertia and Secunda Octavi Toni. The composition is almost identical to Scherer’s original. Karges only glues them together to create a two movement composition in...
Wilhelm Karges, Sebastian Anton Scherer, Capricio Secundi Toni
Karges’ Capricio Secundi Toni is based on Scherer’s Intonatio Tertia Secundi Toni. Scherer’s original only makes up the first half of Karges’ composition. Karges adds four bars to Scherer’s original before coming to a...
Wilhelm Karges, Sebastian Anton Scherer, Capricio Sexti Toni
Karges’ Capricio Sexti Toni is based on Scherer’s Intonatio Tertia Tertii Toni and Intonatio Quarta Tertii Toni. Karges uses only the first 12 bars of Scherer’s Intonatio Tertia Tertii Toni and skips the remaining...