This is the twin prelude to the one I uploaded a few weeks ago. They appear in the same manuscript, Mus 2969-U-500, owned by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden. According to...
The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin has at least three sources for this prelude by Kauffmann: two copies of “Der Harmonische Seelenlust” and the “Zegertscher Sammelband”, a manuscript written by Johann Gottfried Walther. Although Walther is...
Zachow’s prelude on “Wir Christenleut” is a kind of double fugue based on the first phrase of the choral melody and a counter subject. The first phrase of the chorale melody is played inverted...
Buxtehude’s prelude on “In dulci jubilo” is a typical example of Buxtehude’s chorale prelude style. The melody is very colourfully embellished and the middle voices are expertly crafted . The bass voice plays parts...
A small prelude by Zachow, but very lovely. The melody is accompanied by two flowing voices in triple meter. The recording was done on the sample set of the Bader-organ in the Walburgiskerk in...
Buttstett’s prelude to this chorale paints the joy of Christmas with a lively rythm and fast scale passages. The recording was done on the sample set of the Bader-organ in the Walburgiskerk in Zutphen...
This choral prelude is also known as “Ricercar pro Festis Natalytis”. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote that his father considered Fischer to be one of the greatest composers of his time. This ricercar can...
One of the last pieces I transcribed from the “Wochentliche Nachrichten der Musik betreffend” is a nice prelude to the choral “Freu dich sehr o meine Seele”. Since the music does not indicate a...
Hanff is another composer of whom too little music survived. Just 7 chorale preludes and a few cantatas. The prelude on “Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen” is a fine example of what makes Hanff’s...
The last piece of Lohet there is for me to publish is a four voice treatment of Psalm 125. It’s not based on the melody of Psalm 125 as we know it. Rather it...
BuxWV 217 is one of the shortest chorale preludes by Buxtehude. The character is solemn and dignified. Ideally suited I think to use a Trompet stop as cantus firmus. I wish I could play...
I recently found a digital copy of a manuscript containing two Preludes by Johann Peter Kelnner. One has a accompanying fugue, the other not. Here’s the one without a fugue. It’s not too complicated,...
Kauffmann is best known for the “Harmonische Seelenlust”. This work, containing all of his known chorale preludes together with figured bass settings for all but one of the used chorale melodies, was first initiated...
Georg Böhm (1661 – 1733) also wrote a chorale prelude on “Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her”, which can be found in the manuscripts of Johann Gottfried Walther. It is a masterfully crafted...
Another go at this choral melody, this time by Kauffmann. It is intruiging how one melody can give rise to so many different pieces. This version is meant to play at two manuals and...
