Karges’ Capricio Sexti Toni is based on Scherer’s Intonatio Tertia Tertii Toni and Intonatio Quarta Tertii Toni. Karges uses only the first 12 bars of Scherer’s Intonatio Tertia Tertii Toni and skips the remaining...
Marpurg’s prelude to the choral “Was Gott thut das ist wohlgetan” is in the same style as his prelude to the choral “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen”. The composition has a simple 3...
Telemann’s prelude to the choral “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wendt” appears in no less then three different catalogues. As it is nowadays known to be a composition of Telemann, it apeats in...
Marpurg’s prelude to the chorale “Was mein Gott will” is again a case of two compositions rolled into one. The first is a bicinium, where the choral melody is embelished with eigth notes in...
Karges’ Capricio Quarta Toni is based on Scherer’s Intonatio Tertia Quarti Toni and Intonatio Quarta Quarti Toni. Karges follows the originals closely, though he is far from note perfect. It is not always clear...
Marpurg wrote several choral preludes that are actually two seperate preludes rolled into one. Marpurg’s prelude to “Auf! Auf! meine, mit Freuden” is another example of the ‘two for the price of one’ type...
A few days ago I published Marpurg’s prelude to the choral “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen”. It is fascinating to see that the left hand part of that composition is really not much...
Karges’ Capricio in g is based on Scherer’s Intonatio Quarta Secunda Toni. The capricio consists of two segments and only the first one is a citation of Scherer’s composition. Karges cites Scherer’s Intonatio almost...
Marpurg’s prelude to the chorale “Ach Gott und Herr” is again a case of two compositions tolled into one. As it were, two preludes for the price of one. The first one features the...
Johann Caspar Vogler (1696 – 1763) was a German organist and composer. He was born in Hausen, near Arnstadt. Vogler studied with Johann Sebastian Bach, first in Arnstad when Bach was organist there, and...
Karges’ Capricio in C is based on Scherer’s Intonatio Secunda Quindi Toni. The capricio consists of three segments and only the middle one is a citation of Scherer’s composition. Karges adds an introduction, that...
The next choral prelude by Marpurg’s hand is the prelude to “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen”. Marpurg creates a simple 3 part text, with the choral melody in the upper voice. The left...
Sebastian Anton Schere was a German organist and composer who lived from 1631 – 1712. In 1671 he became organist of the cathedral in Ulm and remained there till his death. Only a few...
The next choral prelude by Marpurg’s hand is the prelude to the famous melody of “O haupt voll Blut und Wunden”. That melody was used for other chorals as well, and in this case...
The first part of Kreb’s Klavier Übung was published in 1744 and consists of 13 works based on one choral melody. Each of these works consists of a preambulum, a chorale setting, and a...
