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...
Category: Karges, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Karges (?), Fantasia in G
Manuscript Am.B. 340, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains some 45 organ pieces, presumably copied, adapted and/or composed by Wilhelm Karges. The model or original of this Fantasia in G is not known to...
Wilhelm Karges & Johann Jakob Froberger, Capriccio
Manuscript Am.B. 340, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains some 45 organ pieces, presumably copied by Wilhelm Karges. Of some of the compositions contained in this manuscript the original model and composer is known....
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...
Wilhelm Karges (?), Fantasia in A
Wilhelm Karges (1613 or 1614 – 1699), was a German organist and composer in the North German organ tradition. He was born in Berlin, where he spent much of his life. In January 1646...
Wilhelm Karges (?), Fantasia
Manuscript Am. B. 340, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains three works that are generally believed to be composed by Wilhelm Karges: a Fantasia, a Prelude, and a Capriccio. The Capriccio is only half...
Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia d dorian
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a Fantasia in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. The original fantasia is some 12 minutes long. Karges boils it down to...
Johann Jakob Froberger, Fuga, d moll (FbWV 416)
Update, 27 december 2018: This fugue turns out to have been composed by Johann Jacob Froberger. The letters “F.S.” are either an misattribution, they stand for something like “Froberger Scripsit” (Froberger has written), or...
Wilhelm Karges (?), Præludium d moll
Manuscript Am B 340 contains three pieces that are generally believed to be composed by Karges himself. These are a Fantasia, Capriccio (though Karges composed only the first half) and a Præludium . The...
Wilhelm Karges, F.S., Fuga
Manuscript Am B 340 contains two fugues, that have the initials “F.S” written beneath the title. Presumably those are the initials of the original composer of this fugue. Alas, I have no idea who...
Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia (2)
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first...
Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first...
Wilhelm Karges, Heinrich Scheidemann, Fantasia
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata by Heinrich Scheidemann. The practical source is a manuscript in which Scheidemann’s piece was reworked into a pedaliter piece,...
Wilhelm Karges, Capriccio
The third piece by Karges from manuscript Am. B340 is a piece called Capricio. Only the first half is (probably) written by Karges. The second half of the Karges’ Capriccio is actually written by...
Wilhelm Karges, Præludium quatri toni
The second piece by Karges from manuscript Am. B340 is a beautiful praeludium. It flows elegantly in long arching lines. There’s not much in terms of thematic of motivic development, yet the music manages...