In Neumeister’s manuscript the prelude to “Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn” follows immediately after the prelude to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Although Neumeister does not write a composer’s name above...
Zachow’s preludes to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” is written in four parts. Most of the phrases have fore imitations in the other voices before appearing in the soprano voice. Zachow keeps the piece...
Kauffmann’s prelude to “Nun lasst uns Gott den Herrn” is actually not by Kauffmann at all, but is a piece composed by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Kauffmann’s widow included it in the publication after Kauffmann’s...
Zachow wrote a fugue, based on the first phrase on the chorale melody of “Mit Fried und Freud”. Not an easy subject for a fugue as it moves two quints up in just five...
Besides Johann Michael Bach and Johann Sebastian Bach, the Neumeister manuscript features some works by Zachow. These were already known from other manuscripts, so they were not as much a suprprise as the works...
Two years ago, I already published two preludes by Zachow to the choral “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland”. This is a third prelude on the same melody. The work consists of vour relatively simple...
Zachow’s prelude on “Wir Christenleut” is a kind of double fugue based on the first phrase of the choral melody and a counter subject. The first phrase of the chorale melody is played inverted...
A small prelude by Zachow, but very lovely. The melody is accompanied by two flowing voices in triple meter. The recording was done on the sample set of the Bader-organ in the Walburgiskerk in...
Two preludes by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow are next in line in the series of christmas preludes. In Walther’s manuscript they appear next to each other, labeled Vers 1 and Vers 2. I don’t think...
Two preludes by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow are next in line in the series of christmas preludes. In Walther’s manuscript they appear next to each other, labeled Vers 1 and Vers 2. I don’t think...
There are two preludes on “Nun komm der heiden Heiland” by Zachow in Mus.ms.22541 II. This is the second of the two. Just like the preludes by Vetter and Buttstett, it is a fugue...
There are two preludes on “Nun komm der heiden Heiland” by Zachow in Mus.ms.22541 II. This is the longest of the two. Each melodic phrase of the chorale gets a fuga-like treatment with each...
The chorale prelude Komm Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist was transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III, owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The recording was done on the sample set of the Silbermann organ of...
The second chorale prelude by Zachow on “Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott”, transcribed from manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 III owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663 – 1712) was born in Leipzig. He probably received his first musical training from his father, the piper Heinrich Zachow, one of Leipzig’s town musicians in the Alta capella. In...
