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...
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 (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...
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...
The source for this chorale prelude is manuscript Mus Ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The scribe of this manuscript was probably/possibly Zachow’s pupil Gottfried Kirchhoff as there are several preludes by his...
The choral preludes “Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott”, LV 28), shows Zachow mastered counterpoint to a high level. The manuscript subtitles this composition as “Choral con Fuga et contrasubjecto”. Though it’s not a...
Richter’s Prelude and Fuge in E flat major is again a great work. Richter’s idiom is thouroughly rooted in Baroque idiom and rhetoric , as is for example evident from the ‘Seufzer'(sigh) figure in...
Last year I published all the works contained in manuscript Ms Lynar B3. Or so I thought. Today I wanted to create and upload a spotify playlist for all those pieces and found one...
Almost 6 months ago I made a transcription of the middle part of Vivaldi’s third Flute Concerto. Today, I heard someone play a transcription of the second part of Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto l’Inverno on...
This choral prelude on the melody of “Was mein Gott will das g’scheh allzeit” is a straightforward piece. The introduction is a short fugato on the first line of the choral melody. Then follows...
It’s been a while since I published a composition from manuscript Mus. Ms. 40037. The last one was Kirchhoff’s ciaconna on Ach, Herr mich armen Sünder. The next composition in the manuscript is a...
Even though I love Baroque music, it is not the style of music I like to use to write music. If music is like story telling, the Baroque style is not the what I...
My study annex music room is a mess, let’s be honest about that. It is crammed full with four instruments (organ, piano, violin and a guitar), books, materials of three studies (biochemistry, IT and...
The only source available for this composition is the Frankenberger manuscript, in the posession of “Het Nederlands Muziekinstituut”, the national library of The Netherlands. The manuscript is named after one of the former posessors...
There remains no autograph of this the Trio in d minor, BWV 583. All sources of this work are copies written somewhere after Bach’s death. Though there were once 11 manuscripts with a version...
