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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Of Marpurg’s didactical writings, the Abhandlung von der Fuge (1753–4) is a authoritative discussion of fugal practice in late Baroque music. Marpurg’s descriptions of small- and large-scale contrapuntal and fugal procedures, based largely on...
Of Marpurg’s didactical writings, the Abhandlung von der Fuge (1753–4) is a authoritative discussion of fugal practice in late Baroque music. Marpurg’s descriptions of small- and large-scale contrapuntal and fugal procedures, based largely on...
The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in München owns two collections of choral preludes and fugues by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. The compositions by Marpurg’s hand that I published till now were transcribed from the first collection. The...
Marpurg’s prelude to the chorale “Herr, ich habe misgehandelt” is one of Marpurg’s more ambitious compositions. The choral melody is played with the pedals, while the hands play an elaborated accompaniment. The soprano voice...
The melody of “Werde munter mein Gemüthe” is the same as the melody of “Freu dich sehr o meine Seele”. And Marpurg is not the first one who realises that the melody lends itself...
The melody of “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” is of itself already a bit chromatic. Marpurg enhances this aspect in his prelude based on this melody, and creates a composition full of...
In his prelude to “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele” Marpurg uses the same procedure as in het preludes to “Was Gott thut das ist wohlgetan”, “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen” and “Aus tiefer...
In his prelude to “Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir” Marpurg uses the same procedure as in het preludes to “Was Gott thut das ist wohlgetan” and “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen”....
