This is the second chorale prelude by Oley to the melody of “Wir Christenleut” that I publish. The first can be found here: https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-christoph…wir-christenleut/. Where the first one has a rather subdued characdter, this...
In 1787 Rembt published 12 Trios for organ. Manuscript Ec 268.5, held by the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Bonn, contains 6 of these 12 Trios.The third of these six is a trio in C major...
Oley’s prelude to the chorale “Der Tag ist hin, mein Jesu bei mir bleiben” is to my ears ons of the most beautiful preludes Oley wrote. The pedal plays short bass notes and the...
The second Fantasia Quinti Toni ex F moll, from manuscript Becker II 51, owned by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, features three fugato-like sections. The first two sections merge into one another, the beginning of the...
This prelude to the chorale “Ach was soll ich Sünder machen” is the third one Oley wrote based on this melody. The first two (https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-christoph…ch-sunder-machen/ and https://partitura.org/index.php/johann-christoph…-sunder-machen-2/) feature an elaborated pedal part. This third...
Seger’s prelude in B flat major (L 13) is very similar to the prelude of the same tonality that precedes it in the manuscript (L 12). This prelude could probably be played with the...
Oley’s prelude to the chorale “Danket dem Herren” is a densely written manualiter piece with the chorale melody in a canon in the fourth. Oley really liked canons, though I tend to think that...
In 1787 Rembt published 12 Trios for organ. Manuscript Ec 268.5, held by the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Bonn, contains 6 of these 12 Trios.The second of these six is a trio in G major....
The choral “O jesu du mein Bräutigam” has the same melody as the choral “Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht”. Oley writes a manualiter piece with the choral melody in canon between the soprano...
The first fantasia quinti toni from manuscript Becker II 51 a single theme, though the composition is clearly divided into three sections. The theme of the piece is introduced in the tenor voice, and...
Manuscript Ec 266.1.2, held by the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Bonn, is the source of a few more choral preludes by Johann Christoph Oley that I have not published before. The first of these from...
The next two preludes from manuscript Becker III.8.63, held by the Städtische Bibliotheken Leipzig, share the same tonality, b flat major. The first of these two, publshed here today, has an introduction of 7...
Oley’s prelude to the choral “Wunderbarer König” is written for organ and oboe. In real life it would be difficult to play this composition as one person, but thanks to software it is indeed...
Johann Ernst Rembt (1749-1810) was a German composer and organist who lived during the Classical period. He was born in 1749, although the exact date and place of his birth are not known. He...
Oley wrote two short preludes to the chorale “Christus der ist mein Leben”. They are too short to publish seperately, so here they are together. The first one features the chorale melody in the...
