Christian Gotthilf Tag, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
[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 –...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Herr Gott dich loben wir (LV 4)
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....
Johann Pachelbel, Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot
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...
Rudolf Löw, Fuga e moll
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...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Trio in Es Dur
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...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wenn mein Stündlein (LV 12)
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...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wer Gott vertraut (LV 13)
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...
Anonymus, Psalm 66 (Ms Lynar B7)
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...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Herr ich habe misgehandelt
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....
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott (LV 32)
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...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesu, der du meine Seele (LV 6)
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...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Wenn wir in Höchsten Nöthen sein
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...
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...
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...