M.D.O, Præludium
The composer of the prelude on folio 38 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 is indicated with the initials “M.D.O”. It is therefore believed that this prelude was composed by Martin Düben. In tonality and...
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Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (?), Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein, Emans 137
It is a fact that people like to have a name of the creator to go with a piece of art. Pieces that cannot be attributed to a person, are somehow less valuable. Probably...
Anonymus, Præludium pedaliter
This is about the tenth anonymous prelude I publish from manuscript Lynar B3. It has two distinct parts or episodes (as it is one contnuous piece). In the first part the right and left...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Nun freut euch lieben Christen g’mein
Manuscript Becker III.8.66, held by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden, contains 5 choral preludes composed by Christian Gotthilf Tag. The second of these 5 is a preude on the melody of...
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Præludium pedaliter
The praeludium pedaliter on folio 36 of manuscript Lynar B3 bears the initials M.F.P.S.W. Or M.J.P.S.W. Both readings of the second initial are possible. It seems common agreement that these initials signify “Magister Johan...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Nun lob mein Seel den Herren, BWV Anh. II 60
The Anhang II of Schmieder’s catalogue of Bach’s composition contains the spurious works. According to the manuscript sources they were composed by Bach, but there is doubt the authorship is correctly indicated. In the...
Peter Hasse, Præambulum pedaliter
Peter Hasse (1586 – 1640) was a German organist and composer. His three surviving organ works are found in manuscripts alongside compositions by Sweelinck and his known pupils such as Andreas Düben, Samuel and...
Anonymus, Præludium pedaliter
Folio 34 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 contains two compositions. Where the first (published two days ago) is a full fledged composition, the second is more a sketch. It could be meant as a...
Anonymus, Præambulum pedaliter
The praeambulum pedaliter on folio 34 of manuscript Ms Lynar B3 does not indicate a composer for this prelude. So it’s anyone’s guess who the composer might have benn. Based on the style of...
Anonymus, Præambulum pedaliter
The next prelude in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 has again no initials, so there is no indication of who the composer could have been. The style is very different from the previous compositions, so...
M.D.O. (Martin Düben?), Præmbulum pedaliter
The prelude on folio 33 of manuscript Mus Ms Lynar B3 bears the initials M.D.O. The preceding prelude bears the initials “A.D.O” which are believed to stand for the composer Andreas Düben, and the...
A.D.O. (Andreas Düben?), Præludium ex E vel A
As with most manuscripts from Germany with music of the late Renaissance and the early Baroque composers are in manuscript Ms Lynar B3 only indicated with there initials. Or not at all. The composer...
Anonymus, Ricercar primi Toni, ex G b-moll
This Ricercar primi Toni, ex G b-moll, is the 24th composition from manuscript Ms. Lynar B3. As the title mentions, it is written in the first tone, on the tonal center of g. That...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Was Got tuth das ist wohlgetan
Christian Gotthilf Tag (1735 – 1811) was a German Kantor and composer. On the age of twenty he became Kantor and schoolteacher in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, where he remained until his retirement in 1808. During his...
H.M.T., Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
This is the fifth of the unedited anonymus choral preludes from manuscript KN 209, owned owned by the Ratsbücherei in Lüneburg I have the privilige to publish. It is again a magnificent composition, based...