In 2015 and 2016 I published over 20 chorale preludes composed by Johann Christoph Oley (1738 – 1789) and created an edition that contained them all (https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-christoph-oley-variierte-chorale/). Recently I found a manuscript (Ec 266.1.1...
Johann Christoph Oley (1738 – 1789) was a German organist and composer. In 1755 he became organist of the church in Bernburg, but moved to the church of St Stephan in neighbouring Aschersleben in...
The last piece from manuscript Mus.ms. 30190 is a prelude on “O Welt, sie hier dein Leben”. It’s a four voice piece, with the cantus firmus in the alto voice. It’s bit difficult to...
This short prelude by Oley on “Werde munter mein Gemüte” shows his fondness of strict canon. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in the Laurenskerk,...
A manualiter piece, a little longer than most of the other chorale preludes by Oley. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in the Laurenskerk, Rotterdam....
In the manuscript this choral prelude has the indication “manualiter”. It is an unusual piece, in that it doesn’t sound as organ music at all. It feels more like a piece for harpsichord. So...
This choral prelude is the second of two preludes on this melody by Oley, found in Ms 30190. It is for full organ and contains some tricky trills in the pedal part. The character...
A Trio like chorale prelude. The melody is played in both hands seperately, and then a third time unisono. The recording was done the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in...
This choral prelude is the first of two preludes on this melody by Oley, found in Ms 30190. It is subtitled “2 Clav. et Ped”, but I think there is no need in this...
This chorale prelude on “Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit” has the choral melody in the pedal part. The recording was done the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in...
Oley’s choral prelude on “Wir Christenleut” is a nice piece in itself. But it seems to me more melancholy than the text of the choral would suggest. The recording was done the sampleset, made...
Oley’s choral prelude on “Wie soll ich dich empfangen?” starts promising, but is over before you know it. It’s still a nice piece, but I think Oley could have done more with the basic...
Oley’s choral prelude on “Jesu meine Zuversicht” is a lively piece, in line with the meaning of the text. The recording was done the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in...
“Ich singe dir mit Herz und Mund” is the 12th choralprelude by Oley, published on this site and transcribed from Mus.ms 30190. The manuscript contains 12 more choral preludes by Oley, so I’m now...
This choral prelude is based on the same melody that Bach uses for his partita BWV 767. It is a slow flowing embellishment of the choral melody. Near the end I added some coloratura...
