Anonymus, Fuga Es dur
I am always intruiged by pieces whose composer is unknown. This fugue in E flat major is one such piece. The manuscript I transcribed it from is largely filled with works by J.S. Bach...
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Johann Georg Meister, Befiehl du deine Wege (opus 11 nr 4)
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...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV Anh. II 48
The second appendix of Schmieder’s catalog of works by Bach contains the works of which Bach’s authorship is uncertain. The choral prelude to “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” is number 48 in...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Valet will ich dir geben (1)
Kauffmann’s first prelude on “Valet will ich dir geben” calls for a combination that I by now consider as ‘typically Kauffmann’: Fagott 16′, Quintadena 8′ and Principal 4′. It’s not the exact combination that...
Bach, Erstanden ist der heilig Christ, BWV Anh. II 51 (version D-LEb Rara Ib, 45)
Bach’s authorship of this piece is uncertain, hence its catalogisation in Anhang II of Schmieder’s Bachwerke Verzeichnis. Two sources for this piece are available online. Though it’s clearly the same piece, both sources differ...
Bach, Erstanden ist der heilig Christ, BWV Anh. II 51 (version Mus. Hs. 35149)
Bach’s authorship of this piece is uncertain, hence its catalogisation in Anhang II of Schmieder’s Bachwerke Verzeichnis. Two sources for this piece are available online. Though it’s clearly the same piece, both sources differ...
Ernst Friedrich Richter, Trio “Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir” (opus 20 nr 6)
Richter’s trio on “Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir” is the last one of his six trio’s from opus 20. It is again a well crafted piece, that shows Richter’s fondness of the...
Johann Peter Kellner, Herzlich tut mich verlangen (BWV Anh. II 47, Feck 8:2)
The fact that this piece once was numbered as BWV Anh II 47 means that is was considered to be possibly a piece by Bach. Later it was established that it was in fact...
Johann Schneider, Präludium und Fuga, G dur
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
Johann Pachelbel, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Johann Pachelbel may or may not have been the teacher of Andreas Armsdorf. Fact this that both composed a chorale prelude on the melody of “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” that show some striking...
Andreas Armsdorf, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Andreas Armsdorf (1670 – 1699) was a German composer and organist. He worked as organist in various churches in Erfurt: Reglerkirche, Andreaskirche, and Kaufmannskirche. Possibly he studied with Johann Pachelbel, but that’s not certain....
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein
The third prelude of Kauffmann’s “Harmonische Seelenlust” that employs the oboe for the choral melody is as beautiful as the two I posted earlier. This time it is a slow movement, full of ‘Seufzer’...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, O heiliger Geist, O heiliger Gott
Kauffmann’s prelude on “O heiliger Geist, o heiliger Gott” calls for the almost impossible combination of a Quintadena 16′ and Fagot 16′ in the left hand and a Vox Humana in the right hand....
Ernst Friedrich Richter, Trio V, opus 20 nr 5
Richter’s fifth Trio from his opus 20 is the only ‘free’ trio of the 6 contained in that opus. Unlike the five others it is not based on a choral melody. Intruiging is that...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen?
Kauffmann’s prelude on “Herzliebster Jesu was hast du verbrochen” is short but ingeniously constructed. It starts as a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. The third entry is in the soprano,...