The second chorale prelude by Zachow on “Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott”, transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663 – 1712) was born in Leipzig. He probably received his first musical training from his father, the piper Heinrich Zachow, one of Leipzig’s town musicians in the Alta capella. In...
Transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ Art Media, of the Arp Schnitger organ in Steinkirchen. For this recording...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. Possibly, though not verified, he was a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, visiting Leipzig in 1741. From 1741 to 1751, Johann...
A very nice transcription of this Siciliano, made by Arno Rog. He kindly gave permission to make his transcription available on this website. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ Art...
Johann Samuel Harsow (~1759 – 1792) was organist of the St. Marienkirche in Berlin. He was a pupil of Johann Philipp Kirnberger, and was during his short life acclaimed as an outstanding performer of...
Johann Samuel Harsow (~1759 – 1792) was organist of the St. Marienkirche in Berlin. He was a pupil of Johann Philipp Kirnberger, and was during his short life acclaimed as an outstanding performer of...
Johann Christoph Oley (1738 – 1789) was a German organist and composer. In 1755 he became organist of the church in Bernburg, but moved to the church of St Stephan in neighbouring Aschersleben in...
The third choral prelude by Kauffmann on “Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott”, found in manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Kauffmann uses ternairy rhythms a lot more often than others...
A choral prelude by Buxtehude, found in manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Buxtehude’s organ music does not really classify as “lesser known organ music”, the focus of this website....
A choral prelude by Nicolaus Vetter, found in manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin The recording was done the sampleset, made by Organ Art Media, of the Arp Schnitger organ...
Johann Georg Schübler (1720 (?) – 1755) was a German engraver and organist, who belonged to the Schübler family of artisians from Zella in the Turingian forrest. He studied with Bach in Leipzig during...
This piece by Gattermann is transcribed from an old edition (about 1790) by Johann Christoph Kühnau . The recording was done on the sample set of the Silbermann organ of the Stadtkirche Zöblitz by...
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656 – 1746) was a German Baroque composer. Not much is known about him. Most of his works did not survive. One of the works that did survive is a...
The second Preludium by Kellner, transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 11544 owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. That manuscript has, I think, a bar missing. Bar 27 in the score (below) is substituted by me;...
