It is a fact that people like to have a name of the creator to go with a piece of art. Pieces that cannot be attributed to a person, are somehow less valuable. Probably...
A good portion of Vetter’s music was lost during the second World War. Manuscripts containing free organ works were destroyed. The prelude on “Lobt Gott ihr Christen all’ zugleich” gives a glimpse of what...
Buttstett was the successor of Vetter in the Predigerkirche in Erfurt. It’s possible that Buttstett knew this chorale prelude by Vetter when he wrote his own prelude on the same melody. Both pieces are...
Two verses of the chorale “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” by Vetter survive in the Frankenberger Manuscript. I posted the first one a few weeks ago. The second one follows today. One...
Vetter wrote a set of variations on “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” that was later misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach as BWV 771. Probably because of this misattribution that set of variations...
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...
This choral prelude is transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The recording was done on the sample set of the Silbermann organ of the Stadtkirche Zöblitz by Prospectum. Score...
This chorale prelude is the second by Vetter on the chorale Christ lag in Todesbanden in the manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK . It is a fughette...
Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (1666-1734) was born in Herschdorf. He studied with Georg Caspar Wecker in Nuremberg and later with Johann Pachelbell in Erfurt. In 1690 he became organist of the Predigerkirche, but he didn’t...
