Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga à 4, G Dur
The four part fugua in G major is the last composition from Marpurg’s “Fughe and Capricci per l’clavicembalo o per l’organo”, of which a digital copy is available online on the websiote of the...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga à 2, B Dur
Marpurg’s fugue in B flat major, is a two part fugue that shows more likeness to a capricio or to one of Bach’s inventions, than to a classic fugue. In that respect it is...
Frfiedrich WIlhelm Marpurg, Fuga à 3, Es Dur
Marpurg’s fugue in Es major, is a three part fugue that shows once again that Marpurg new how to write a fugue. After the first exposition, Marpurg plays mostly with the first half of...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga D Dur, à 2 voci
Marpurg’s fugue in D major, written for two voices, is an up tempo, spiritied composition. “Fugue” is probably not the most accurate description of this piece. The fugue theme appear a few times at...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Capriccio in F Dur
The next compositions from Marpurg’s Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l’organo, after the Fuga a 3 voci in D major, is the Capriccio in F major. Marpurgs Capricci are mostly a sort...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in D Dur à 3 voci
Marpurg’s Fugue in D major a 3 Voci, taken his “Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l’organo” is a bit more serious affair than the fugue in A major I published 6 days...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in A Dur à 3 voci
This fugue in a major is the third fugue taken from Mapurg’s “Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l’organo”. It is a lively three part fugue, that sounds equally well played on harpsichord...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in d moll
Besides a composer, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was a music theorist as well. One of his publications was “Treatise on the fugue, designed according to the principles and examples of the best German and foreign...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Preludio et Capriccio
The chorale preludes by the hand of Friedrich WIlherlm Marpurg I published till now, were all from his two volumes of “Versuch in figurierten Choräle”. The subtitle of both volumes says: “sowohl für die...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in a moll à 3
Manuscript Becker III.8.51, owned by the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, contains four fugues for organ or keyboard, from Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. They were copied from an unknown source by one J.A. Dröbs (if I read the...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in a moll à 5
Manuscript Becker III.8.51, owned by the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, contains four fugues for organ or keyboard, from Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. They were copied from an unknown source by one J.A. Dröbs (if I read the...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in c moll
Manuscript Becker III.8.51, owned by the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, contains four fugues for organ or keyboard, from Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. They were copied from an unknown source by one J.A. Dröbs (if I read the...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in B Dur
Manuscript Becker III.8.51, owned by the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, contains four fugues for organ or keyboard, from Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. They were copied from an unknown source by one J.A. Dröbs (if I read the...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Komm o komm du Geist des Lebens
The last composition from the “Zweiter Versuch in figurirten Choräle und Fugen”, by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, is a choral Trio, based on the melody of “Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens”. The right...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Mir nach spricht Christus under Held
The second complete choral prelude from the “Zweiter Versuch in figurirten Choräle und Fugen”, by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, is a prelude to the choral “Mir nach spricht Christus under Held”. It is a lively...