Dietrich Buxtehude, Ciacona e moll (BuxWV 160)
When I practise one of the familiar compositions on the reportoire, I like to make my own score from the manuscript source or from an old edition of the work. Last week I practised...
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Johann Nicolaus Hanff, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit
Only 6 choral preludes by Hanff’s hand are known. And that is a pity because these 7 are of high quality. The source for this transription of Hanff’s prelude to “Wär Gott nicht mit...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, O Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (LV 11)
The subtitle of this choral prelude in manuscript Mus Ms 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin) “Fuga cum contrasubjecto al inverso”. Zachow writes a clever fugue, based on the first phrase of the chorale...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Ach herr, mich armen Sünder (LV 24)
The melody for “Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder” is the same as the melody for “Befiehl du deine Wege”, which was the subject of last week’s post. Though subject matter and even the tomality...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Befiehl du deine Wege
It’s already more than a year ago I published something from Christian Gotthilf Tag. And there are a few more of his compositions available in manuscript form or in the form of an early...
Rudolf Löw, Fuga c moll, op. 1 nr 10
Rudolf Löw (1832 – 1898) was a Swiss organist and composer. He was a student of Carl Ferdinand Becker (Orgel) and Ignaz Moscheles (Piano). In 1864 he became first organist in the newly build...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Freu dich sehr o meine Seele
Judging by the length Kirchhoff’s chorale prelude to “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” is his most ambitious compositon contained in manuscript Mus. Ms. 40037. It consists of 4 variations on the choral melody...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (LV 5)
The source for this chorale prelude is manuscript Mus Ms 40037, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The scribe of this manuscript was probably/possibly Zachow’s pupil Gottfried Kirchhoff as there are several preludes by his...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (LV 28)
The choral preludes “Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott”, LV 28), shows Zachow mastered counterpoint to a high level. The manuscript subtitles this composition as “Choral con Fuga et contrasubjecto”. Though it’s not a...
Ernst Friedrich Richter, Präludium und Fuge, Es Dur
Richter’s Prelude and Fuge in E flat major is again a great work. Richter’s idiom is thouroughly rooted in Baroque idiom and rhetoric , as is for example evident from the ‘Seufzer'(sigh) figure in...
Anonymus, Præludium (Ms. Lynar B3, folio 11)
Last year I published all the works contained in manuscript Ms Lynar B3. Or so I thought. Today I wanted to create and upload a spotify playlist for all those pieces and found one...
Antonio Vivaldi, Largo from Violin concerto in f minor, RV 297 (l’Inverno)
Almost 6 months ago I made a transcription of the middle part of Vivaldi’s third Flute Concerto. Today, I heard someone play a transcription of the second part of Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto l’Inverno on...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Was mein Gott will das g’scheh allzeit
This choral prelude on the melody of “Was mein Gott will das g’scheh allzeit” is a straightforward piece. The introduction is a short fugato on the first line of the choral melody. Then follows...
Gottfried Kirchhoff (?), Ciaconna sopra “Herzlich lieb hab ich dich O Herr”
It’s been a while since I published a composition from manuscript Mus. Ms. 40037. The last one was Kirchhoff’s ciaconna on Ach, Herr mich armen Sünder. The next composition in the manuscript is a...
Auke Jongbloed, Hymn 311 of the Dutch Protestant Hymn Book 1973, Op. 3
Even though I love Baroque music, it is not the style of music I like to use to write music. If music is like story telling, the Baroque style is not the what I...