Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ (LV 1a)
There exist two versions of Zachow’s prelude to “Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”. One ends in b flat major and is the longer one of the two, and the other, shorter one, ends...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (LV 45)
As I publish these pieces more or less in the order as they appear in manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, the next one in line is Zachow’s prelude to “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, An Wasserflüssen Babylon (LV 2)
Somewhere before my ice-skating accident I had already finished the recordings of remainder of the pieces from manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, and of three more pieces by Christian Gotthilf Tag. Now that I am...
Auke Jongbloed, Wer nur den lieben Gott (for right hand, right foot and one finger)
Tomorrow I’m going to the hospital and they will (probably) remove the cast around my wrist. And then I can start playing with my left hand again. The hand has been immobile for over...
Auke Jongbloed, Trio (for two limbs)
As I am a bit handicapped at the moment (broken wrist, torn knee ligaments) I am on the lookout for organ music that can be played with one hand and one foot. It turns...
Auke Jongbloed, Lamento (for right hand and right foot)
Twelve days ago, while skating, I had a little accident and broke my left wrist and tore the ligaments of my left knee. The left side of my body is therefore out of the...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Wir Christenleut
Christian Gotthilf Tag is one of those composers that nowadays is largely forgotten, yet whose music is qctually quite good and sometimes quite original. The choral preludes I’ve already published and played by Tag’s...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit (LV 23)
Zachow’s prelude to “Was mein Gott will das gescheh allzeit” (LV 23) is a solidly written composition, though perhaps a bit scholarly like. Each phrase of the choral melody gets a short fugato treatment....
Dietrich Buxtehude, Ciacona e moll (BuxWV 160)
When I practise one of the familiar compositions on the reportoire, I like to make my own score from the manuscript source or from an old edition of the work. Last week I practised...
Johann Nicolaus Hanff, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit
Only 6 choral preludes by Hanff’s hand are known. And that is a pity because these 7 are of high quality. The source for this transription of Hanff’s prelude to “Wär Gott nicht mit...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, O Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (LV 11)
The subtitle of this choral prelude in manuscript Mus Ms 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin) “Fuga cum contrasubjecto al inverso”. Zachow writes a clever fugue, based on the first phrase of the chorale...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Ach herr, mich armen Sünder (LV 24)
The melody for “Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder” is the same as the melody for “Befiehl du deine Wege”, which was the subject of last week’s post. Though subject matter and even the tomality...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Befiehl du deine Wege
It’s already more than a year ago I published something from Christian Gotthilf Tag. And there are a few more of his compositions available in manuscript form or in the form of an early...
Rudolf Löw, Fuga c moll, op. 1 nr 10
Rudolf Löw (1832 – 1898) was a Swiss organist and composer. He was a student of Carl Ferdinand Becker (Orgel) and Ignaz Moscheles (Piano). In 1864 he became first organist in the newly build...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Freu dich sehr o meine Seele
Judging by the length Kirchhoff’s chorale prelude to “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” is his most ambitious compositon contained in manuscript Mus. Ms. 40037. It consists of 4 variations on the choral melody...