The organbook of Matthias Rottenau (Mus. Ms. 40615 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) contains numerous works from unnamed composers. All the works contained are sorted by category. First come all the preludes (Preambuli), than...
The source for this publication is a handwritten copy by August Wilhelm Bach of 6 preludes and fugues composed by Ernst Friedrich Richter. One of them has an opus number, but the rest has...
In the prelude to “Auf meinen lieben Gott” Kauffmann has the melody embellished in the soprano voice. Alto and bass provide a simple yet effective accompaniment. Kaufmann prescribes a quintadena 16′ for this prelude....
The Neumeister Collection is a compilation of 82 chorale preludes which was rediscovered in 1985. It attracted a lot of attention because it contained 39 chorale preludes attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, 32 of...
The Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) owns a manuscript (Mus.1-U-514) which contains works by Johann Christian Kittel. They range from very short preludes to elaborate sets of variations. I already posted...
Johann Andreas Kellner (1724 – 1785) was the younger brother of Johann Peter Kellner. Under the tuition of his brother Johann Andreas became organist. As such he worked in Arnstad, Gotha and Leipzig. Besides...
Carl August Thielo (1702 – 1763) was born in Høsterkøb in Nordsjælland, but he moved early in live to Germany. He received his musical education from Johann Gottfried Walther, amongst others. At the age...
When Kauffmann uses a ternary rythm, something special is the result. The prelude on “Allen Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” is no exception to that rule. The melody is played with the pedals,...
Another one of the anonymous ricercari from Matthias Rottenau’s organbook. It has two themes that are interwoven in different manners. At the end only the second theme remains to build the final passages. The...
Johann Georg Meister (1793 – 1870) was a German organist and composer. He was organist in the Stadtkirche in Hildburghausen. His opus 11 is available as a digital copy in the Saxon State and...
This is the fourth prelude in which Kauffmann employs the oboe to play the choral melody. The organ plays an elegant trio to accompany the oboe. Kauffann is not only the inventor of the...
This is the second anonymous Ricercar, taken from the Organbook of Matthias Rottenau. In the manuscript it is only a few pages away from the one I published last week. It sounds like it...
Two manuscripts containing 7 keyboard partita’s are held by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The partita’s vary in length, the number of dances, their type and order seem somewhat arbitrary. But they all have one thing...
The melody of this choral is also known with the words “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele”. That seems an interesting contrafact, since based on the incipit the meaning is totally different. I should...
Of the three preludes on “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” in “Die Harmonische Seelenlust”, only one is written by Kauffmann. The other two were inserted in the collection by Kauffmann’s widow, but...
