Manuscript Mus. ms. 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin – PK) contains two choral preludes to “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” by Zachow’s hand. Though it is not exactly clear whether they...
Zachow’s prelude to “Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir” seems at the start a fugue on the first phrase on the chorale melody, but that turns out to be the somewhat elongated introduction. The...
[I published this piece three weeks ago; it was however not yet backed up when I needed to restore the website’s database this weekend. So, here it is again] The Lynar manuscripts were preserved...
[I published this piece three weeks ago; it was however not yet backed up when I needed to restore the website’s database this weekend. So, here it is again] Christian Gotthilf Tag (1735 –...
In the manuscript source this choral prelude is notated on just two staves. Nevertheless, I can’t help the feeling that it is perhaps meant as a pedaliter piece. It certainly works well as such....
Pachelbel’s prelude to “Dies sind die heilgen zehn gebot” is also a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. It strikes me as such a powerful piece, that I think it is...
Sometimes I think I have too many little projects running. I started working on this manuscripts, containing 12 compositions by the hand of Rudolf Löw, in december 2019. And now, almost one and a...
Where in his choral preludes Tag adaopts the style of the Baroque in his writings, in his free organ works he tends te lean more towards the classicism. Well, at least in this Trio...
Like a lot of Zachow’s choral preludes. this one is also a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. In this case Zachow also employs a countersubject that he maintains throughout the...
Zachow prelude to “Wer Gott vertraut” is a little fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. Though it is a four part fugue, in most places only two or three voices are...
The Lynar manuscripts were preserved in the holdings of the Duke of Lynar in Lübbenau, and are therefore also known as the Lübbenauer Orgeltabulaturen. The seventh manuscript in the B-series contains 5 anonymous choral...
The prelude to the choral “Herr, ich habe misgehandelt” is another beautiful organ composition by Christian Gotthil Tag. I keep wondering why the music of this composer is not played more often by organists....
Zachow’s prelude to the choral “Herr Jesu Christ, waht Mensch und Gott” is an unpretentious 3 part composition. The choral melody is played in the soprano voice, accompanied by the other two voices in...
Zachow’s prelude to “Jesu, der du meine Seele” is setup as a short double fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody and a free counter subject. The counterpoint shows Zachow’s craftmanship, and...
Kirchhoff’s prelude to the choral “Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein” is a peculiar piece. The choral meody is played unisono on the manuals and the pedal. Between each phrase of the melody Kitchhoff...
