Johann Friedrich Fasch, Triosonate d moll, FaWV N:e1
A few months ago I published Fasch’s Triosonate in c moll (FaWV N:c2). Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed the first two parts of this Sonata for organ. For many years BWV 585 was considered a...
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Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Heut fänget an das neue Jahr
Kauffmann’s prelude to “Heut fanget an das neue Jahr” is a cleverly constructed fugue. In the exposition the theme is (halfway) answered by its own inversion. This play between the first version of the...
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
This choral prelude by Buttstett presents th e choral melody twice. The first time in long notes in the spoprano voice. The second time again in the soprano voice, but richly embellished. The music...
Johann Balthasar Kehl, Sammlung einiger variirender Choräle
Johann Balthasar Kehl (1725 – 1778) was a German organist, cellist and composer. Kehl’s claim to fame are the chorale preludes he published during his time in Erlangen, in four different volumes (Erste bis...
Anonymus, Ricercar quarti 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. It is one of the shortest of the...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland.
Kauffmann’s prelude to “Jesus Christus unser Heiland” is a magnificent Trio. The first phrase of the choral melody is combined with a chromatic descending line, written in double counterpoint to the choral melody. Both...
Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Jesu meine Freude, BWV Anh. II 58
Since I started transcribing the works from BWV Anhang II (the list of works that are possibly composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, but the authorship of which is uncertain) I read a bit more...
Johann Christian Kittel, Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost
The Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) owns a manuscript (Mus.1-U-514) which contains works by Johann Christian Kittel. They range from very short preludes to elaborate sets of variations. This is one...
Johann Michael Bach, Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn
The third chorale prelude of the Neumeister-Choräle-not-by-Johann-Sebastian is again a prelude by Johann Michael Bach. It is a short prelude on the melody of “Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn”. The choral melody is...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Nun danket alle Gott (alio modo)
Kauffmann wrote two preludes on Nun danket alle Gott. They are both manualiter, well worked out pieces. The second one has the melody in the soprano voice, richly adorned with fluent sixteenth notes. The...
Johann Georg Meister, 6 Pieces for organ, opus 11
Johann Georg Meister (1793 – 1870) was a German organist and composer. He was organist in the Stadtkirche in Hildburghausen. During his life he published several volumes of compositions for the organ, intended for...
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, In dulci jubilo
The style of this work is very similar to one of the preludes Buttstett wrote for “Gottes Sohn ist kommen”. The choral melody is in the bass, the hands accompany the melody with lots...
Anonymus, 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. The manuscript contains, I think, some errors in...
Johann Ludwig Krebs, Trio F Dur, KrebsWV 447
The source for this charming Trio is an organ journal from around 1850. Published by Gotthilf Wilhelm Körner, it is available online as a digital copy. For my own enjoyment I made a transcription...
Heinrich Bach, Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
Heinrich Bach (1615 – 1692) was the brother of J.S. Bach’s grandfather. Heinrich Bach himself was the grandfather of the first wife of J.S. Bach. As so many of the Bach-family, Heinrich was a...