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...
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....
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...
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,...
Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor and organist. As part of his musical education he took composition lessons from Johann Sebastian Bach. He was probably...
The composer of the prelude on folio 38 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 is indicated with the initials “M.D.O”. It is therefore believed that this prelude was composed by Martin Düben. In tonality and...
It is a fact that people like to have a name of the creator to go with a piece of art. Pieces that cannot be attributed to a person, are somehow less valuable. Probably...
This is about the tenth anonymous prelude I publish from manuscript Lynar B3. It has two distinct parts or episodes (as it is one contnuous piece). In the first part the right and left...
Manuscript Becker III.8.66, held by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden, contains 5 choral preludes composed by Christian Gotthilf Tag. The second of these 5 is a preude on the melody of...
The praeludium pedaliter on folio 36 of manuscript Lynar B3 bears the initials M.F.P.S.W. Or M.J.P.S.W. Both readings of the second initial are possible. It seems common agreement that these initials signify “Magister Johan...
The Anhang II of Schmieder’s catalogue of Bach’s composition contains the spurious works. According to the manuscript sources they were composed by Bach, but there is doubt the authorship is correctly indicated. In the...
Peter Hasse (1586 – 1640) was a German organist and composer. His three surviving organ works are found in manuscripts alongside compositions by Sweelinck and his known pupils such as Andreas Düben, Samuel and...
Folio 34 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 contains two compositions. Where the first (published two days ago) is a full fledged composition, the second is more a sketch. It could be meant as a...
The praeambulum pedaliter on folio 34 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 does not indicate a composer for this prelude. So it’s anyone’s guess who the composer might have benn. Based on the style of...
The next prelude in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 has again no initials, so there is no indication of who the composer could have been. The style is very different from the previous compositions, so...
