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...
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...
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...
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...
Though Kehl’s music is mostly manualiter, with occasionally a rather lonely pedal note written in, sometimes he writes a full swing pedaliter piece. The choral prelude to “Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit’...
Marpurg’s Fugue in D major a 3 Voci, taken his “Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l’organo” is a bit more serious affair than the fugue in A major I published 6 days...
A few days ago I started a new series with compositions by Fuga con seggetto doppio (see here. Today follows the second composition in this seris, a fugue with two subjects. As far as...
Karges edited several pieces by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck into more than one composition. He gives Sweelink’s Fantasia Chromatica the same treatment. He bases at least two fantasia’s in the manuscript on Swwelink’s original. I...
The next prelude from Kehl’s “Erste Sammlung einiger variierter Choräle” is the prelude to “Liebster Jesu wir sind hier”. Though a lot of Kehl’s music is technically not too demanding, in this case Kehl...
This fugue in a major is the third fugue taken from Mapurg’s “Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l’organo”. It is a lively three part fugue, that sounds equally well played on harpsichord...
Today I start a new series, with music taken from manuscript Becker III.8.63, owned by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden. This manuscript contains mostly (though not exclusively) music composed by Josef...
Four years ago I started publishing the compositions contained im manuscript Am.B. 340., owned by the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. It has been a lot of work deciphering the manuscript, creating scores, practicing the compositions...
Though Kehl’s music may seem simple, it’s not without it’s merit. It does not require a lot of resources in terms of instrument size or technical skill. Yet his music is a prime example...
Besides a composer, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was a music theorist as well. One of his publications was “Treatise on the fugue, designed according to the principles and examples of the best German and foreign...
Kehl’s prelude to “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” is again a simple, yet effective piece. The introduction and the coda are written in a three part texture. The chorale melody itself it...
