Anonymus, Praeludium (Ms Lynar B3, page 32)
For an introduction to the Lynar B3 manuscript, see here. Though the name of the composer of most of the preludia is not known, they all follow more or less the same pattern. An...
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Anonymus, Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn
The Lynar manuscripts were preserved in the holdings of the Duke of Lynar in Lübbenau, and are therefore also known as the Lübbenauer Orgeltabulaturen. Two of them, large codices in staff notation, bear the...
Ernest Grosjean, Offertoire bref
Ernest Grosjean (1844 – 1936) published “Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium”, a set of 56 pieces in two volumes, in 1902. The first volume contains 33 easy pieces, that can be played without the...
Christian Erbach, Fantasia sexti toni
The ninth piece in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 is an anonymous Fantasia, written in the sixth tone. Though it is anonymous in this manuscript, in the organ book of Matthias Rottenau (held in the...
Christian Reichardt, Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
The same manuscript that contains Christian Reichardt’s prelude to “Vater unser im Himmelreich” contains three more preludes that were probably written by Reichardt. The last of these three, is a three part prelude to...
Dietrich Buxtehude, Wär Gott nicht mit uns, dieser Zeit (BuxWV 222)
“Wär Gott nicht mit uns dieser Zeit” is a Lutheran hymn. Martin Luther based the words for this hymn on psalm 124 and evoces in this hymn vividly that men’s life depends on God’s...
Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Präludium und Fuge, D Dur (2)
The last piece in the Leipziger manuscript with signature Becker II.2.51 is a prelude with a fugue. It has no named composer in the manuscript. However, based on the style of the piece I...
Anonymus, Praeludium (Ms Lynar B3, page 28)
For an introduction to the Lynar B3 manuscript, see here. The prelude has again no indication of a composer in the manuscript. Short as it is, it is a well written work, perhaps a...
Neumeister Choräle, not by J.S. Bach, Part I
Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 – 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn’t for the collection of chorale preludes he compiled in the years shortly after...
Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Fuge, C Dur
The second fugue in the Leipziger manuscript with signature Becker II.2.51 without a named composer, that is nevertheless probably composed by Saxer, is a fugue in C major. It consists of three expositions. In...
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia (SwWV 254)
As manuscript Ms. Lynar B3 is believed to be compiled in the circle of students of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, it is to be expected that some works of the master himself are contained in...
Christian Reichardt, Fugetta super Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ
The same manuscript that contains Christian Reichardt’s prelude to “Vater unser im Himmelreich” contains three more preludes that were probably written by Reichardt. One of these is a fugetta on the first phgrase of...
Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Fuge, F Dur
Besides the works attributed to a composer, the Leipziger manuscript with signature Becker II.2.51 preserves two preludes and fugues and two fugues without a named composer. The fugues share strong similarities with the three...
M.W.C.B.M., Vater unser im Himmelreich
The fifth piece in the Lynar manuscript B3 is a set of three variations on “Vater unser im Himmelreich”. The composer’s initials are “M.W.C.B.M.”. Max Seiffert was the first to forward that these initials...
Christian Reichardt, Allein zu dir Herr Jesu Christ
The same manuscript that contains Christian Reichardt’s prelude to “Vater unser im Himmelreich” contains three more preludes that were probably written by Reichardt. The first of these three, a prelude to “Allein zu dir...