Marpurg’s prelude to “Wenn Christus seine Kriche schützt” has the choral melody in the pedals. It has a march-like rythm, a playing indication “Heroic” and together with the melody in the pedals that begs...
Marpurg’s prelude to “Jsu meine Freude” is one of the most beautiful pieces of music Marpurg wrote. Perhaps it is even the most beautiful one. The introduction of this prelude is full of longing...
Marpurg’s prelude to “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt” is a nice short prelude. It consists of two halves, the second of which is nothing more than an harmonisation of the choral melody. The...
Marpurg’s chorale prelude on the choral “Christus der ist mein Leben” consists actualy of two seperate pieces, rolled into one composition. You get, as it were, two preludes for the price of one. The...
The melody for this choral is the same melody as for the choral “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort”. And indeed, both texts deal with the same subject, eternity. Where “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort” focusses on...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718 – 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. During his life he published two volumes of chorale preludes, which contain his only known composition for the organ....
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718 – 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. During his life he published two volumes of chorale preludes, which contain his only known composition for the organ....
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718 – 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. Little is known of Marpurg’s early life. According to various sources, he studied “philosophy” and music. In 1746, he...
