Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia auff 2 Clavier
This is the last Echo Fantasia from manuscript Am.B. 340. It consists of two echo episodes and a closing episodes in which the echo play is not as pronounced as in the first two...
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Johann Balthasar Kehl, Jesu der du meine Seele
In the prelude to the choral “Jesu der du meine Seele” Kehl specifically writes “pedal” near the bass notes at the beginning of the piece but not in the remainder of the piece. So...
Frfiedrich WIlhelm Marpurg, Fuga à 3, Es Dur
Marpurg’s fugue in Es major, is a three part fugue that shows once again that Marpurg new how to write a fugue. After the first exposition, Marpurg plays mostly with the first half of...
Christian Gottlob Höpner, Nun danket alle Gott
Christian Gottlob Höpner (1799 – 1859) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Frankenberg and he largely taught himself how to play to piano and the organ. When it turned out...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält
It is one and a half years ago since I last published a composition by Christian Gotthilf Tag (see here: Christian Gotthilf Tag, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht. Yet I have 5 more compositions...
Wilhelm Karges, Capricio
The last Capricio from manuscript Am.B. 340 shows the characteristics of one of the Caprici Karges based on the compositions of Francois Roberday. I’m however unfamiliar withan original by Roberday’s hand on which this...
Johann Balthasar Kehl, Wach auf, mein Herz und Singe
After the two pedaliter choral preludes, Kehls prelude to the choral “Wach auf, mein Herz und singe” is again a manualiter piece. Though Kehl does not give a tempo indication, it seems to me...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga D Dur, à 2 voci
Marpurg’s fugue in D major, written for two voices, is an up tempo, spiritied composition. “Fugue” is probably not the most accurate description of this piece. The fugue theme appear a few times at...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, D Dur (L 4)
It is tempting to arrange Seger’s many preludes and fugues in the classical combination of “Prelude and Fugue”. This fugue in D major follows in the manuscript source immediately after the prelude of the...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præambulum (L 5)
The prelude in C major, L 5, is a bit intruiging. The first two bars are identiacal to the beginning of the prelude in C major, L 16a, from the same manuscript. After those...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia Echo
The next composition from manuscript AM.B. 340 is again an echo fantasia. It is either an original composition by Karges, or an adaptation of a composition by an unknown composer. Either way, it consists...
Johann Balthasar Kehl, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
Kehl’s second full swing pedaliter chorale prelude, is the prelude to “Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht”. And Kehl makes it the composition quite difficult to play, as it features some tricky trills in the...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Capriccio in F Dur
The next compositions from Marpurg’s Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l’organo, after the Fuga a 3 voci in D major, is the Capriccio in F major. Marpurgs Capricci are mostly a sort...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præambulum, D Dur (L 3)
The third composition from manuscript Becker III.8.63, a prelude in D major, gives rise to another question concerning the organ music of Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger. This prelude is one of a lot of...
Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia 2 after Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s Fantasia Chromatica
Karges based at least two fantasia’s in the manuscript on Sweelink’s original Fantasia Chromatica. I say “at least” because there are two short fragments inserted in the manuscript that are probably based on the...