Manuscript Mus. ms. 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin – PK) contains two choral preludes to “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” by Zachow’s hand. Though it is not exactly clear whether they...
Zachow’s prelude to “Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir” seems at the start a fugue on the first phrase on the chorale melody, but that turns out to be the somewhat elongated introduction. The...
In the manuscript source this choral prelude is notated on just two staves. Nevertheless, I can’t help the feeling that it is perhaps meant as a pedaliter piece. It certainly works well as such....
Like a lot of Zachow’s choral preludes. this one is also a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. In this case Zachow also employs a countersubject that he maintains throughout the...
Zachow prelude to “Wer Gott vertraut” is a little fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. Though it is a four part fugue, in most places only two or three voices are...
Zachow’s prelude to the choral “Herr Jesu Christ, waht Mensch und Gott” is an unpretentious 3 part composition. The choral melody is played in the soprano voice, accompanied by the other two voices in...
Zachow’s prelude to “Jesu, der du meine Seele” is setup as a short double fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody and a free counter subject. The counterpoint shows Zachow’s craftmanship, and...
There exist two versions of Zachow’s prelude to “Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”. One ends in b flat major and is the longer one of the two, and the other, shorter one, ends...
As I publish these pieces more or less in the order as they appear in manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, the next one in line is Zachow’s prelude to “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei...
Somewhere before my ice-skating accident I had already finished the recordings of remainder of the pieces from manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, and of three more pieces by Christian Gotthilf Tag. Now that I am...
Zachow’s prelude to “Was mein Gott will das gescheh allzeit” (LV 23) is a solidly written composition, though perhaps a bit scholarly like. Each phrase of the choral melody gets a short fugato treatment....
The subtitle of this choral prelude in manuscript Mus Ms 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin) “Fuga cum contrasubjecto al inverso”. Zachow writes a clever fugue, based on the first phrase of the chorale...
The melody for “Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder” is the same as the melody for “Befiehl du deine Wege”, which was the subject of last week’s post. Though subject matter and even the tomality...
The source for this chorale prelude is manuscript Mus Ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The scribe of this manuscript was probably/possibly Zachow’s pupil Gottfried Kirchhoff as there are several preludes by his...
The choral preludes “Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott”, LV 28), shows Zachow mastered counterpoint to a high level. The manuscript subtitles this composition as “Choral con Fuga et contrasubjecto”. Though it’s not a...
