Gottfried August Homilius, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (HoWV VIII.3)
By now it is three months ago I broke my left arm. It is more or less healed, though still very painful and very stiff. I started again playing the organ as a sort...
By now it is three months ago I broke my left arm. It is more or less healed, though still very painful and very stiff. I started again playing the organ as a sort...
Seger’s prelude in a moll, L 24, is, like many of Seger’s preludes based on a single motif. The motif is introduced in the first bar and Seger uses it as a building block...
The last of the 6 composition by Johann Christoph Conrad is a three part fugue in c minor. In this fugue Conrad shows his prowess in counterpoint. The main theme of the fugue and...
The next in the series compositions by Johann Christoph Conrad is a prelude to the choral “O Jesu, du edle Gabe” (which has the same melody as “Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig”). It is a...
Körner’s “Der angehende Organist” (Leipzig : Siegel , 1895) is a collection of short and easy compositions for organ, meant for use in service “für weniger geübte Organisten” (lesser trained organists). It also features...
Körner also publishe a few of Beutler’s not choral bound compositions. This fugue in G major is one of them. I think it is safe to say that counterpoint was not Beutler’s forte. It...
Beutler’s prelude to the chorale “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” was in his own time famous and widely used. And not without reason, as it is a very well written and beautiful piece....
Conrad’s second prelude to the choral “Jesu, meine Freude” is even more beautiful than the first. Again the chorale melody is played with the right hand. Left hand and feet play the accompaniment, build...
Körner’s “Der angehende Organist” (Leipzig : Siegel , 1895) is a collection of short and easy compositions for organ, meant for use in service “für weniger geübte Organisten” (lesser trained organists). The collection contains...
As in the previouw two choral preludes, Beutler does not indicae a repeat in his prelude to “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”. As a player you have to make the choice to...
Conrad’s publication contains 4 choral preludes, two of which are based on the choral melody of “Jesu meine Freude”. Perhaps he liked the melody of the choral or perhaps he or his publisher thought...
The second chorale prelude by Sorge’s hand contained in Körner’s “Der angehende Organist” is a prelude to the chorale “Nun lob meine Seel’ den Herren”. Written in Sorge’s familiar trio-like style, it is an...
Beutler’s prelude tot the choral “Es ist genug” leans a bit more to the galant style than the prelude I published 6 days ago. The overall structure is the same, with the cantus firmus...
Johann Christoph Conrad (1722 – 1784) was a German composer and organist. Little was known about his life and even the years of birth and death were uncertain. Thanks to Andreas Osiander (see his...
A while ago I broke my left arm rather severely. It is slowly healing, but as yet it is uncertain whether i will ever be able to play the organ again as I used...