Johann Schneider (1702 – 1788) was a German organist, violinist and composer. Around 1720 he became a keyboard pupil of J.S. Bach. Besides keyboard with Bach, he studied violin with Johann Gottlieb Graun. In...
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
A short piece by Schneider, called Allabreve, that is actually a fugue. The recording was done on the sample set of the Silbermann organ of the Stadtkirche Zöblitz by Prospectum. Score Schneider, Allabreve MP3:...
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
Another piece that makes me regret there is so litlle of Schneider’s music left. This Trio in a minor follows the pattern often used by Krebs as well: a slow introduction, followed by a...
The second choral prelude by Johann Schneider on the choral “Vater unser im Himmelreich” was written pro organo pleno. It has the choral melody in the pedal in long solemn notes. In good baroque...
Of the few surviving choral bound works of Johann Schneider, two are based on the choral “Vater unser im Himmelreicht”. They are both finely crafted works that show we have much to regret that...
Johann Schneider (1702 – 1788) was a German organist, violinist and composer. He was born in Oberlauter in Coburg as son of a miller. His musical training began at age 6. The first 8...
