M.D.O. (Martin Düben?), Præmbulum pedaliter
The prelude on folio 33 of manuscript Mus Ms Lynar B3 bears the initials M.D.O. The preceding prelude bears the initials “A.D.O” which are believed to stand for the composer Andreas Düben, and the...
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A.D.O. (Andreas Düben?), Præludium ex E vel A
As with most manuscripts from Germany with music of the late Renaissance and the early Baroque composers are in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 only indicated with there initials. Or not at all. The composer...
Anonymus, Ricercar primi Toni, ex G b-moll
This Ricercar primi Toni, ex G b-moll, is the 24th composition from manuscript Ms. Lynar B3. As the title mentions, it is written in the first tone, on the tonal center of g. That...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Was Got tuth das ist wohlgetan
Christian Gotthilf Tag (1735 – 1811) was a German Kantor and composer. On the age of twenty he became Kantor and schoolteacher in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, where he remained until his retirement in 1808. During his...
H.M.T., Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
This is the fifth of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. It is again a magnificent composition, based...
Anonymus, Ricercar
Lohet’s Fuga Prima is left without indication of a composer in manuscripot Ms Lynar B3. The composition that follows it, a Ricercar primi Toni, is equally left without an indication of the comnposer. It...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Prima (version Lynar B3)
Simon Lohet (Loxhay) (c. 1550 – 1611) was a Flemish composer, possibly born in Maastricht. During his live he was mostly active in Germany. He was organist of the Württemberg court of count Louis...
David Abel, Præludium (2)
The second prelude by David Abel in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 is very similar to the one I published yesterday. The main difference is that it is shorter. The manuscript indicates it as just...
David Abel, Præludium pedaliter
The manuscript Ms Lynar B3 contains two preludes which in the manuscript are attributed to David Abel (~1580 – 1639). About this David Abel (or Äbel or Ebel) is not much known. He was...
Giovanni Gabrieli, Fuga Colorata
Four weeks ago I published a composition from Johann Woltz’s “Nova musices organicae tabulatura”, (Basel, 1617) called “Fuga colorata” (http://partitura.org/index.php/anonymus-fuga-colorata/). The question at the time was whether or not it could have been composed...
M.W.C.B.M, O Mensch, bewein deine Sünde gross
In the Baroque era (and earlier) composers of (organ) music were in manuscripts often indicated by there initials, or not at all. Manuscripts were often shared and copied in circles of people who knew...
Anonymus, O Herre Gott, begnade mich
This is the fourth of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. This is really a magnificent composition, based...
Anonymus, Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist
This is the third of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. I is a relatively straightforward manualiter composition....
Anonymus (Johan Pieterszoon Sweelinck?), Fantasia
Yesterday I wrote that the choral bound works in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 are of greater quality than the free works. The free work from this manuscript I publish today, is not a good...
Anonymus, Vater unser im Himmelreich
My impression of the compositions contained in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 until now is that the choral bound works are of greater quality than the free works. The preludes give for the largest part...