Three pieces in Neumeister’s manuscript bear the ascription “J. C. Bach”. Since so many of the pieces in this manuscript were composed by Johann Michael Bach, it is an obvious supposition that Johann Michael’s...
In Neumeister’s manuscript the prelude to “Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn” follows immediately after the prelude to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” by Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Although Neumeister does not write a composer’s name above...
The last of the pieces by Johann Michael Bach from Neumeister’s collection is the prelude to “Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist”. It develops as a dialog between soprano and bass voice, with each in...
Zachow’s preludes to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” is written in four parts. Most of the phrases have fore imitations in the other voices before appearing in the soprano voice. Zachow keeps the piece...
Georg Neumeister did not only chose works from Bach family members and their contemporaries Like Zachow and Erich, he also included several preludes of his teacher Georg Andres Sorge in his collection. They were...
Hans Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was the son of organist Isaak Hassler and brother of composer Jakob Hassler....
Ernest Grosjean (1844 – 1936) published “Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium”, a set of 56 pieces in two volumes, in 1902. The first volume contains 33 easy pieces, that can be played without the...
Where Sorge’s prelude to “Ist dieser nicht des Menschen Sohn” is a bit bland and uninspired, his prelude to “Jesu meines Lebens Leben” is far more spirited and lively. In the introduction the choral...
Sorge’s prelude to “Ist dieser nicht der Menschen Sohn” feels a bit stiff and uninsprired. Sorge’s compositions are mostly elegantly flowing pieces, that are fun to play even though they are not not the...
Ernest Grosjean (1844 – 1936) published “Pièces pour orgue ou harmonium”, a set of 56 pieces in two volumes, in 1902. The first volume contains 33 easy pieces, that can be played without the...
Johann Michael’s Bach prelude to “Es spricht der unweisen Mund wohl gar” is again a simple three part piece. The chorale melody is played in the soprano part, and the other two voices play...
Neumeister’s transcription of Bach’s prelude to “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält” contains surprisingly few errors. Perhaps because it is a piece with just three parts? Bach wrote a nice piece, with...
Manuscript Becker III.8.43. owned by the Sachsische Landes- und Universitatsbibliothek contains 4 fugues by Johann Ludwig Krebs. The scribe made lots of errors in his transcriptions. So it is a bit of a guess...
Neumeister ascribes the choral prelude to “Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein” to Johann Michael Bach. In two other manuscript sources (both the Plauener Orgelbuch and the Königsberger manuscript) however the piece is ascribed...
Neumeister’s transcription of Bach’s prelude to “Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz” gives again many reasons to doubt the correctness of his transcriptions. Some of the notes seem wrong and though the pieces starts...
