Auke Jongbloed, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Op. 4
Three weeks ago I published the score of a choral prelude by Johann Gottfried Walther, based on the melody of “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland” (in English: “Now come, Savior of the heathens”). I...
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Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. Possibly, though not verified, he was a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, visiting Leipzig in 1741. From 1741 to 1751, Johann...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV Anh. II 65
The third and last of the three spurious chorale preludes to the Christmas choral “Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her” is a bicinium. The right hand plays the choral melody and the left...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV Anh. II 64
The second of the three spurious chorale preludes to the Christmas choral “Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her” is the most virtuosic of the three. It feautures a concerto like accompaniment played by...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV Anh. II 63
In the series of spurious works by (or not) Johann Sebastian Bach, I skip two compositions for now (BWV Anh. II 62a and 62b) to reach three choral preludes to the Christmas choral “Vom...
Johann Bernhard Bach, Nun freut euch lieben Christen gemein
Composing a bicinium is one of the most difficult compositorial tasks there is. When you first see the score of a bicinium it does not seem very difficult. After all, there are only two...
Anonymus, Præludium
Of the Lynar manuscripts in the B series, manuscript B9 is the shortest. It contains only two organ preludes. The are both without indication of a composer. The second one, though short, is a...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Wach auf mein Herz und singe
When you listen to Tag’s choral prelude to “Wach auf mein Herz und Singe” you can not but wonder whether he and Johann Christoph Oley knew each other. Tag’s choral prelude is very similar...
Anonymus, Præludium
Of the Lynar manuscripts in the B series, manuscript B9 is the shortest. It contains only two organ preludes. The are both without indication of a composer. The first of them is unique in...
Ernest Grosjean, Absoute
“Absoute” is a rite and prayer of the Catholic liturgy that ends the funeral ceremony at the church. It includes a song that implores the total deliverance of the deceased’s sins, then a sprinkling...
Johann Gottfried Walther, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, vers 1
It is now four and a half year ago I started publishing organ scores, typeset from manuscripts sources. Most of the source material available originated in the Baroque area in Germany, so my publishing...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV Anh. II 61
The Anhang II of Schmieder’s catalogue of Bach’s composition contains the spurious works. Number 61 of these is a chorale prelude on the melody of “O Mensch bewein dein Sünde groos”. The melody of...
Anonymus, Præludium pedaliter
Folio 39 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 contains 4 small preludes. Yesterday I published three of them. Today follows the fourth and last one. The work is a bit longer than the other three....
Anonymus, 3 Præludiae pedaliter
Folio 39 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 contains 4 small preludes. The reason why they are so short can only be guessed. Perhaps they were meant as intonations. Or perhaps they were meant as...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Aus meinen Herzens Grunde
In Tag’s prelude to the choral “Aus meinen Herzens Grunde” the choral melody is played with the left hand. The right hand and, when not playing the choral melody, the left hand as well,...