Georg Andreas Sorge, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
A while ago I broke my left arm rather severely. It is slowly healing, but as yet it is uncertain whether i will ever be able to play the organ again as I used...
Category: Sorge, Georg Andreas
Georg Andreas Sorge, Nun freut euch lieben Christen g’mein (reconstruction)
After my reconstructions of Sorge’s choral preludes to the chorals “O Herre Gott, dein Göttlich Wort” and “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” I thought that three times is a charm and I...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (reconstruction)
After my (in my opinion) succesful restoration of an incomplete choral prelude by Georg Andreas Sorge (see here and here I wanted to try another one. On the last page of manuscript Go. S....
Georg Andreas Sorge, O Herre Gott, dein Göttlich Wort (reconstruction)
A few years ago I transcribed a manuscript containing some 20 plus chorale preludes composed by Georg Andreas Sorge. No less than five of them are incomplete, because there are several pages missing from...
Neumeister Choräle, not by J.S. Bach, Part II
Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1757 – 1840) was a German teacher and organist. Nowadays Neumeister would have been forgotten if it wasn’t for the collection of chorale preludes he compiled in the years shortly after...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Trio IX (completed)
Georg Andreas Sorge (1703 – 1778) wrote eleven Trios for organ. Or perhaps he wrote more, but eleven of them survived in manuscript form till today. That is to say: one of them is...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Seelen Bräutigam
Sorge’s prelude to “Seelen Bräutigam” is the last complete prelude in manuscript Go S 597. The manuscripts contains 5 more chorale preludes but sadly they are incomplete. The prelude to “Seelen Bräutigam” is again...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren
Sorge’s prelude to “Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren” is in his by now familiar style of trio like introduction, and trio like treatment of the chorale melody. The introduction features twice the first phrase...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Jesum lieb ich ewiglich
In his prelude to “Jesum lieb ich ewiglich” Sorge employs the technique of the canon. Each phrase of the chorale melody is canonically answered in the bass or in the alto voice. The accompaniment...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Jesus meine Zuversicht
Sorge’s prelude to “Jesus, meine Zuversicht” is another fine example of Sorge’s fine way of using a trio like texture to create a chorale prelude. The introduction is written for two voices and pedal....
Georg Andreas Sorge, Erstanden ist der heilig Christ
Sorge’s prelude to “Erstanden ist der heilig Christ is not as exuberant as his prelude to “Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn” I uploaded two days ago. One could call it even strange that a prelude...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn
Sorge’s prelude to “Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn” has an introduction with two voices plus a bass voice. When the choral melody enters, the accompanying textures reduces to one voice and bass voice. Sorge creates...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Wenn meine Sünd mich kränken
Sorge’s prelude to “Wenn meine Sünd mich kränken” is one of the 20 or something preludes by Sorge contained in manuscript Go.S. 597. Sorge’s preludes in this collection are setup as a Trio. The...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele
The Neumeister Sammlung contains 5 chorale preludes written by Georg Andreas Sorge, Neumeister’s teacher at the organ. This is the fifth and last one of them. A simple three part setting of “Freu dich...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Herr Jesu Christ du höchstes Gut
The Neumeister Sammlung contains 5 chorale preludes written by Georg Andreas Sorge, Neumeister’s teacher at the organ. This is the fourth of them. Allthough Sorge uses simple means in composing this piece, the result...