Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. Possibly, though not verified, he was a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, visiting Leipzig in 1741. From 1741 to 1751, Johann...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. In 1758 obtained the major position of his life, music director for Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia. He kept this job...
Almost 9 months ago I started a series of choral preludes by Johann Philipp Kirnberger, contained in Manuscript Am. 386, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. I published all works contained in that manuscript, except...
The chorale prelude on “Was Gott thut dass ist wohl getan” is a manualiter piece. But again the voices are in places quite far apart. For me it’s impossible to play this piece with...
Interesting in the prelude on “Ich bin ja Herr in deiner Macht” is that the piece is written in A major and touches on f sharp minor and c sharp minor. Quite daring for...
The prelude on “Nun lasst uns Gott den Herren” is a nice example of how to transform a simple setting of a chorale into a prelude. Bass and melody follow the harmonisation, and a...
The prelude on “Nun danket alle Gott” is a three part piece, with the choral melody in the soprano voice. The recording was done by Andreas Osiander, who also made a video with more...
An interesting feature of the melody of the chorale “Eins ist Noth” is its change from binary rythm to ternary rythm. Kirnberger made an elegant piece based on this melody. The recording was done...
The first chorale prelude in manuscript Am. B 396, owned by the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, is a three part manualiter prelude on the melody of “Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ”. Even though it’s meant...
The prelude on “Es ist das Heil uns kommen her” is a bicinium with the choral melody in long notes in the right hand and an elaborately worked out accompaniment in the left hand....
Almost a year ago I published a version of this piece, based on manuscript Mus.ms. 30194, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. That version was transcribed by S.M.D. Gattermann and initially seen as a piece...
Kirnberger must have really loved the melody “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”, as there are at least four pieces by his hand based on this melody. The other three are here, here...
The prelude on “Schücke dich o liebe Seele” is a three part rendering of the chorale melody. It is probably meant to be played with just the hands, so no pedaliter version this time....
The chorale prelude on “Lobe den Herren den mächtigen König” by Kirnberger is contained in at least two manuscripts, both owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin: Am B 396 and Mus.ms. 11633/25. The versions in...
The chorale preludes by Kirnberger, contained in Manuscript Am. 386, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin vary greatly in scope and texture. They range from elaborate bicinia, through virtuosic trio writing to four part textures....
