Zachow’s prelude to “Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz” (LV 52) consists of two seperate movenements in manuscript Mus ms 40037. In the catalogue of Zachow’s compositions they are listed under the same entry,...
Zachow’s choral prelude to “Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah” consistst of three different movements. The first of these has no direct relation to the choral and is probably just an introduction to what follows....
Zachow wrote a four part fugato on the first phrase of the chorale melody of “Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott”. Though each voice plays the fugato theme two or three times, the four...
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to “Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns”. At least three of them were composed by Zachow. The one designated as...
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains over 40 choral preludes composed by Zachow or his pupil Kirchhof. They cover most of the liturgical year, with choral preludes ranging from the...
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains 5 chorale preludes to “Jesus Christus, under Heiland, der von uns”. At least three of them were composed by Zachow. The one designated as...
Zachow wrote a nice three part chorale prelude to “O Lamm Gottes unschuldig”. The chorale melody is in the upper voice, while the other two voices play an accompaniment in eigth notes. It is...
The full first phrase of this choral reads “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt” (Jesus Christ, our Savior, who turned God’s wrath away from us). Martin Luther wrote it around...
Yesterday I published the first of two preludes to “Christ lag in Todesbanden”, contained in manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The first of these is acribed to Zachow in the...
Manuscript Mus ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains over 40 choral preludes composed by Zachow or his pupil Kirchhof. Transcribing these preludes is a nice new project for the new year. I’ll...
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...
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...
Zachow wrote at least four preludes based on the melody of “Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her”. Three can already be found on my site. Today follows the fourth. The chorale melody is...
Since advent started today, it is time for a few more pieces of music suited for the advent and Christmas period. Perhaps they will come in handy in the many services that are to...
The end of another series is near. Zachow’s preludes to “Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott” is the last of the Neumeister-choräle-not-by-Johann_Sebastian-Bach left for me to publish. Written in the style antico, it show...
