Erbach, Christian

Christian Erbach, Canzona tertii toni

Posted on Jun 8th, 2017

This is the second post with a piece from the organbook of Matthias Rottenau. The book is divided in several parts, each of which contains one type…

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Christian Erbach, Fantasia sexti toni

Posted on May 4th, 2019

The ninth piece in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 is an anonymous Fantasia, written in the sixth tone. Though it is anonymous in this manuscript, in the…

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Christian Erbach, Introïtus secundi toni

Posted on Jun 11th, 2017

Introïtus as a title sounds like it was meant to be played at the start of a service. And when I was active church organist I used to keep it easy,…

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Christian Erbach, Ricercar primi toni

Posted on Oct 19th, 2017

Another one of the pieces from the organbook of Matthias Rottenau (Mus. Ms. 40615 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) that is probably possibly…

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Christian Erbach, Ricercar secundi toni

Posted on Jun 2nd, 2017

Christian Erbach was a German composer, organist and teacher. Three documents from his own time give his age variously as 40 in 1610, 42 in 1615 and…

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Christian Erbach, Toccata primi toni

Posted on Jun 17th, 2017

The structure of this Toccata is actually quite similar as the structure of the Introïtus I posted a week ago: an introduction in stately chords,…

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