Christian Geist, Lofvad vare du Jesu Christ
The third and last work by Christian Geist in the Uppsala manuscript is a choral prelude on “Lofvad vare du Jesu Christ”, in other parts of the world known as “Gelobet seist du Jesu...
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Simon Lohet, Sexta Fuga
Lohet’s sixth fugue, though short, uses contrapuntal devices as stretto and diminution and combines them as well. In that respect it is more modern than the fifth fugue. The harmonic progression though is in...
Simon Lohet, Quinta Fuga
Lohet’s Quinta Fuga (I follow the designation in the original Edition, instead of naming it Fuga Quinta) shows its Renaissance roots more than the previous four. It uses frequent repeated chords, a device we...
Christian Geist, O Jesu Christ som mandom tag
The second chorale prelude by (presumebly) Christian Geist in the Uppsala manuscript uses the melody Wolfgang Dachstein wrote for “Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir”. It is a fine example of the Northern...
Christian Geist, Allenaste Gud i himmelrik
Christian Geist (c. 1640 – 1711) was a German composer and organist, who lived and worked mainly in Scandinavia. He was born in Güstrow, where his father, Joachim Geist, was cantor at the cathedral...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Quarta
The fourth fugue of Simon Lohet offers a few surprises. At least to me. Firstly, parallel fifths and parallel octaves apparently weren’t as ‘forbidden’ in Lohet’s days as they became in later years. In...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Tertia
The third fugue of Lohet from Johann Woltz’s Nova musices organicae tabulatura (Basel, 1617). The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ Art Media, of the Arp Schnitger organ in Steinkirchen. Score...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Secunda
The second fugue of Lohet from Johann Woltz’s Nova musices organicae tabulatura (Basel, 1617). The harmonic progression in this second fugue sometimes sounds a bit strange to our “modern” ears. But for the largest...
Johann Pachelbel, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
A little left over from the Christmas period. I forgot to post this one three weeks ago. I could wait till the end of this year, but chances are I’d have forgotten this piece...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Prima
Simon Lohet (Loxhay) (c. 1550 – 1611) was a Flemish composer, possibly born in Maastricht. During his live he was mostly active in Germany. He was organist of the Württemberg court of count Louis...
Samuel Michael David Gattermann, Jesus meine Zuversicht
Samuel Michael David Gattermann (1748 – 1829) was Kantor in the St. Petri Kirche in Berlin and taught at the Kolnische Gymnasium. He was a pupil of Johann Philipp Kirnberger. He was an educated...
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
A festive prelude for a festive day. Played with with plenum of first two manuals, and the powerful Bombarde 16′ in the pedals. The recording was done on the sample set of the Holzey...
Johann Friedrich Alberti, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ.
Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642 – 1710) was born in Tönning, Schleswig. He received his musical training in Leipzig from Werner Fabricius and in Dresden from Vincenzo Albrici. Then he worked as an organist in...
Johann Baptist Anton Vallade, Preambulum VII
The seventh and last prelude (and fugue) from Vallade’s “Dreyfaches Musicalisches Exercitium”. For a short biography of Vallade and the first prelude see here. The original is written on just two systems, leaving the...
Johann Baptist Anton Vallade, Preambulum VI
The sixth prelude from Vallade’s “Dreyfaches Musicalisches Exercitium”. For a short biography of Vallade and the first prelude see here. Again, I took the liberty to add some notes, in my performance, this time...