Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, B Dur (L 18)
The 18th composition from manuscript Becker III.8.63 is a prelude in B flat major. It is a nice play with the motif introduced in bars two and three. The prelude wanders up and down...
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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, Es Dur (L 17)
The next compositin from manuscript Becker III.8.63 is a prelude in E flat major. I sometimes wonder how close the versions in manuscript Becker III.8.63 are to Seger’s original compositions. This prelude in E...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 16b)
The numbering of this fugue and the preceding prelude in manuscript Becker III.8.63 (16a and 16b) suggests they belong together and should be played as one “Prelude and Fugue”. If that’s true than it...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Prælude, C Dur (L 16a)
Seger’s prælude in C Dur, L 16a, is closely related to his Præambulum in C Dur, L 5. Both preludes have the same two bars as the main musical material. After these first two...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Transitus per omnes tonos (L 15)
The fifteenth composition from manuscript ecker III.8.63, held at the Städtische Bibliotheken Leipzig is a rather ambitious one. Called “Transitus per omnes tonos” it promises a passage through all tonalities. The compositions does not...
František Xaver Brixi, Fuga, c moll (L 14)
All compositions contained in manuscript Becker III.8.63, held by the Städtische Bibliotheken Leipzig, are in the manuscript all ascribed to Seger. Nevertheless, quite a few compositions are in other sources attributed to other composers....
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Prælude, B Dur (L 13)
Seger’s prelude in B flat major (L 13) is very similar to the prelude of the same tonality that precedes it in the manuscript (L 12). This prelude could probably be played with the...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 11)
Playing a composition by Seger brings the question whether or not to play it with the pedals or without. The pedal board of Seger’s organ in the Týn Church in Prague had in his...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Mobile Perpetum (L 10)
The title of this composition suggests that it offers the possibility to play it endlessly. And indeed, the manuscript indicates with numbers three points suitable for a repeat or a skip. The numbers “1”...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, G Dur (L 9)
Seger’s prelude in G major (l 9) features a short introduction of 9 bars that leads to the tonic of G major, after which the actual piece starts in “Alla breve” time. I guess...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Phantasia, d moll (L 8)
Seger’s Fantasia in d minor (L 8) is one of his compositions that is a bit more well known than the compositions I published till today. There are several performances of this composition available...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 7)
Seger’s Fuga in C major could be combines with the preceding Prelude (L 6) to create the idiomatic combination of “Prelude and fugue”. It’s almost certain that they were not intended as an indivisible...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præambulum C Dur (L 6)
Seger’s Præambulum in C Dur (L 6) is the second prelude of many in manuscript Becker III.8.63 that feature some form in introduction in long static chords. The first one was the prelude in...
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...