Pachelbel, Johan

Anonymus (Johann Pachelbel?), Christ lag in Todesbanden

Posted on Feb 4th, 2018

Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of…

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Anonymus (Johann Pachelbel?), Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit

Posted on Sep 9th, 2018

Five of the pieces in the Neumeister manuscript are without a named composer. Based on stylistical grounds and on references to other sources two of…

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Choral preludes from Mus. Ms. 30439

Posted on Sep 28th, 2016

Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30439 owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is an interesting manuscript. It contains five different fascicles, some reasonably…

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Johann Michael Bach, Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren

Posted on Jun 13th, 2016

(Update, 6 june 2018: Based on the Neumeister manuscript, this piece is more likely to be composed by Johann Michael Bach than by Johann Pachelbel.…

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Johann Pachelbel, Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot

Posted on Apr 26th, 2021

Pachelbel's prelude to "Dies sind die heilgen zehn gebot" is also a fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody. It strikes me as such a powerful…

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Johann Pachelbel, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt

Posted on Jun 27th, 2016

The 11th piece from the second fascicle of manuscript Mus Ms 30439 is in other sources attributed to Pachelbel. But the version in this manuscript…

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Johann Pachelbel, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ

Posted on Jan 11th, 2016

A little left over from the Christmas period. I forgot to post this one three weeks ago. I could wait till the end of this year, but chances are I'd…

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Johann Pachelbel, Gott Vater der du deine Sohn

Posted on Jul 11th, 2016

The last two pieces of the second fascicle of Mus Ms 30439 were written by Johann Pachelbel and Johan Michael Bach. That makes the total of pieces…

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Johann Pachelbel, Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn

Posted on Jun 26th, 2016

The choral prelude on "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn" is in other sources attributed to Pachelbel. The version in manuscript Mus Ms 40349…

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Johann Pachelbel, Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn

Posted on Dec 6th, 2018

Pachelbel's prelude to "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn" has the choral melody in the bass. The upper two voices play a free, fast moving…

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Johann Pachelbel, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

Posted on Nov 1st, 2017

A prelude by Pachelbel in the same style as employed by Johann Michael Bach in the prelude I uploaded recently. Although there are differences: the…

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Johann Pachelbel, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her

Posted on Nov 26th, 2017

Pachelbel's prelude to "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" has the choral melody in the bass. The hands accompany the melody in a two part texture. The…

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Johann Pachelbel, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Posted on Mar 29th, 2017

Johann Pachelbel may or may not have been the teacher of Andreas Armsdorf. Fact this that both composed a chorale prelude on the melody of "Wie…

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Johann Sebastian Bach (?), O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV Anh. II 61

Posted on Oct 26th, 2019

The Anhang II of Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's composition contains the spurious works. Number 61 of these is a chorale prelude on the melody of "O…

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