Number 67 of the second appendix to Schmieder’s catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach is still tentatively ascribed to Bach. And even though there are several compositions in this appendice that could be...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718 – 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. During his life he published two volumes of chorale preludes, which contain his only known composition for the organ....
Rudolf Löw’s opus 1 consists of 12 compositions for the pipe orgen. Of these, I have already published 11 (you can find the scores here: https://partitura.org/index.php/low-rudolf/). The 12th and final composition is a fugue...
Manuscript Ms Lynar B7 (the seventh of the so-called Lübbenauer Orgeltabulaturen) contains 5 anonymous choral preludes/variations to Psalms and one to the choral “Erhalt uns Herr”. They were probably composed by a contemporary or...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718 – 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. During his life he published two volumes of chorale preludes, which contain his only known composition for the organ....
Manuscript Ms Lynar B7 (the seventh of the so-called Lübbenauer Orgeltabulaturen) contains 5 anonymous choral preludes/variations to Psalms and one to the choral “Erhalt uns Herr”. They were probably composed by a contemporary or...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718 – 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist and composer. Little is known of Marpurg’s early life. According to various sources, he studied “philosophy” and music. In 1746, he...
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 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...
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...
