Johann Michael Bach, O Herr Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
The choral “O Herr Gott, Vater in Ewigkeit” is a choral meant for Trinity Sunday. Bach writes a piece in three parts, to emphasize the Trinitarian nature of God. The first part is titles...
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Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia (2)
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, O Gott du frommer Gott (alio modo)
Kauffmann’s second prelude to ” O Gott, du frommer Gott” is a relativly simple bicinium. Kauffmann does not give a registration prescription with this piece. In other pieces of this kind he usually prescribes...
Johann Peter Kellner, Präludium und Fuge, G dur (2)
Manuscript Mus Ms 30195 contains three preludes by Johann Peter Kellner, two of which are followed by a fugue. As far as I could find these three have not been published before. They are...
Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first...
Johann Michael Bach, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand
Bach’s prelude to “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand” is in style and atmosphere very reminescent to anonymus preludes from Mus Ms 30439. It starts as a solemn fugue on the first...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, O Gott, du frommer Gott
In the original publication Kauffmann’s prelude to “O Gott, du frommer Gott” is notated on three staves. The choral melody is notated on the upper staves, and the other two voices on the other...
Johann Peter Kellner, Präludium, C Dur
Manuscript Mus Ms 30195 contains three preludes by Johann Peter Kellner, two of which are followed by a fugue. As far as I could find these three have not been published before. They are...
Wilhelm Karges, Heinrich Scheidemann, Fantasia
The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata by Heinrich Scheidemann. The practical source is a manuscript in which Scheidemann’s piece was reworked into a pedaliter piece,...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Herr Jesu Christ, mein Lebenslicht
Sorge’s choral prelude to “Herr Jesu Christ, mein Lebenslicht” is again a charming piece. The introduction has two voices on the accompanying manual. After the choral melody enters, the accompiment reverts to one voice....
Johann Peter Kellner, Präludium und Fuge, G Dur
Manuscript Mus Ms 30195 contains three preludes by Johann Peter Kellner, two of which are followed by a fugue. As far as I could find these three have not been published before. They are...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
Kauffmann’s prelude to “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele” has the choral melody in the upper voice. The other two voices are never far apart and can be played with one hand. It is therefore...
Wilhelm Karges, Capriccio
The third piece by Karges from manuscript Am. B340 is a piece called Capricio. Only the first half is (probably) written by Karges. The second half of the Karges’ Capriccio is actually written by...
Georg Andreas Sorge, Nun lasst uns gehen
Sorge’s prelude to “Nun lasst uns gehen” follows the pattern of the preceding ones: one manual for the accompaniment and one manual for the choral melody. Interesting in this piece is that the choral...
Wilhelm Karges, Præludium quatri toni
The second piece by Karges from manuscript Am. B340 is a beautiful praeludium. It flows elegantly in long arching lines. There’s not much in terms of thematic of motivic development, yet the music manages...