Ernst Friedrich Richter, Präludium und Fuge, a moll
The prelude of this work is a beautifull, Mendelsohn-like, piece. It is not unlike the third part of Mendelsohn’s fourth Sonata, even if that piece is in F major and this one in a...
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Fortunato Chelleri, Fuga 1
Fortunato Chelleri (1690 -1757) was an Italian Baroque composer. Chelleri’s father was from German origin, but he had migrated to Italy and married an Italian woman. Fortunato Chelleri received training in Parma and Piacenza...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Harmonische Seelenlust, Part III
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679 – 1735), a German composer and organist, is the autor of the “Harmonische Seelenlust”. This work, containing all of his known chorale preludes together with figured bass settings for all...
Georg Dietrich Leyding, Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (partita)
The partitia “Von Gott wil ich nicht lassen” is one of Leyding’s two remaining chorale preludes (the other one was posted a week ago on this site). It consists of a set of six...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Harmonische Seelenlust, Part II
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679 – 1735), a German composer and organist, is the autor of the “Harmonische Seelenlust”. This work, containing all of his known chorale preludes together with figured bass settings for all...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Emans 140)
This piece is one of the many choral preludes of which the authorship of Johann Sebastian Bach is doubtfull. It did not get a BWV-number, but Emans listed it in his catalogue of doubtfull...
Georg Dietrich Leyding, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Georg Dietrich Leyding (1664 – 1710) was a German composer and organist. He was born n Bücken, near Hoya on the Weser. Showing an early ability in music, he moved to Braunschweig (Brunswick) in...
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Ave Maria Klare
This piece is also known as “Ricercar pro tempore adventus”. The text of the choral venerates Maria as the mother of Christ. Fischer creates a great fugue on the first segment of the melody...
Johann Ludwig Krebs, Präludium und Fuge, d moll (Krebswv 405)
It is well known that Johann Sebastian Bach considered Johann Ludwig Krebs as his most talented student. To Krebs Bach was undoubtedly a great source of inspiration. Many of Krebs’s large scale organ works...
Anonymus (Johann Heinrich Buttstett?), Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
The Frankenberg manuscript does not attribute a composer to this chorale prelude. It is tempting to attribute this piece to Johann Heinrich Buttstett. Not only because of the general idea of the piece (choral...
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein
After yesterday’s prelude that was possibly written by Johann Heinrich Buttstett, follows today a prelude that was definitely written by Buttstett. The general idea is the same: choral melody in the bass voice and...
Anonymus (Johann Heinrich Buttstett?), Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein
The Frankenberg manuscript, held by the Nederlands Muziekinstituut, is a rich source of choral preludes from both named and unnamed composers. This prelude to “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein” is one of those...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Harmonische Seelenlust, Part I
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679 – 1735), a German composer and organist, is the autor of the “Harmonische Seelenlust”. This work, containing all of his known chorale preludes together with figured bass settings for all...
Jacob Adlung, Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn
Jacob Adlung (1699 – 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, and music theorist. He was born in Bindersleben, near Erfurt. He studied philosophy, philology, and theology at the University of...
Johann Pachelbel, Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn
Pachelbel’s prelude to “Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn” has the choral melody in the bass. The upper two voices play a free, fast moving accompaniment, with short segments of fore imitation. There is...