Johann Michael Bach, Gott hat das Evangelium
Johann Michael Bach wrote two preludes to “Gott hat das Evangelium”. The first prelude by has the choral melody in octaves in left hand and pedals, a style previously encountered in his prelude to...
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Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
A small prelude by Buttstett, but a fine example of how to elaborate a simple chorale harmonisation into a chorale prelude. The left hand plays the harmonisation, the right hand plays the chorale melody,...
Johann Michael Bach, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein (2)
The fifth chorale prelude of the Neumeister-Choräle-not-by-Johann-Sebastian is the second prelude of Johann Michael Bach to “Nun freut euch lieben Christen g’mein”. It is a manualiter piece with the choral melody in the soprano...
Johann Nicolaus Hanff, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Eleven days late for the actual occasion, here is Hanff’s version of “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”. Lacking a manuscript source, I based my score on the edition made by Ronald Lopes, available...
Dietrich Buxtehude, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Buxtehudes’ choral prelude to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” is a multipart work. The first two parts show the choral melody in a relatively simple setting, first in the bass, then in the soprano...
Johann Pachelbel, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
A prelude by Pachelbel in the same style as employed by Johann Michael Bach in the prelude I uploaded recently. Although there are differences: the melody doubling in the tenor voice is absent in...
Johann Ludwig Krebs, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, KrebsWV 518
In honour of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, I publish today this Trio on “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”. According to the manuscript it was written by Johann Ludwig Krebs. It even...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen (alio modo)
This is the twin prelude to the one I uploaded two days ago. This time the choral melody is more easily discernible, as it is played in the soprano voice. The other three voices...
Johann Michael Bach, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein
The fourth chorale prelude of the Neumeister-Choräle-not-by-Johann-Sebastian is again a prelude by Johann Michael Bach. The style of this prelude is employed by Johann Pachelbel as well. The chorale melody is played with the...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Treuer Gott ich muss dir klagen
Kauffmann’s prelude to “Treur Gott ich muss dir klagen” is a bit of a challenge for the listener. The choral melody is well hidden in the tenor voice and not easily discernable. The fact...
Johann Christian Kittel, Fuga “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr”
A short, 3 part fugue by Kittel, on the first phrase of the chorale melody. There are a few unlikely spots in the manuscript that I corrected in the score. As usual, the original...
H.W. Tauscher, Vivace quasi Rondo
H.W. Tauscher is a bit of an enigma. There are a few pieces of him around, but nothing is known of his life. I could not find the christian names that go with the...
Christian Erbach, Ricercar primi toni
Another one of the pieces from the organbook of Matthias Rottenau (Mus. Ms. 40615 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) that is probably possibly perhaps a Ricercar (see here for an explanation). It is a...
Johann Christian Kittel, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
Kittel wrote two small preludes to “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier”. The first is more or less in the style of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein. The second is a gigue, based on the choral melody. Since...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (LV 50)
Two years ago, I already published two preludes by Zachow to the choral “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland”. This is a third prelude on the same melody. The work consists of vour relatively simple...