Anonymus, Ricercar tertii toni
Another one of the anonymous ricercari from Matthias Rottenau’s organbook. It has two themes that are interwoven in different manners. At the end only the second theme remains to build the final passages. The...
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Johann Georg Meister, Mit vollem Werk (opus 11 nr 5)
Johann Georg Meister (1793 – 1870) was a German organist and composer. He was organist in the Stadtkirche in Hildburghausen. His opus 11 is available as a digital copy in the Saxon State and...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn
This is the fourth prelude in which Kauffmann employs the oboe to play the choral melody. The organ plays an elegant trio to accompany the oboe. Kauffann is not only the inventor of the...
Anonymus, Ricercar primi toni
This is the second anonymous Ricercar, taken from the Organbook of Matthias Rottenau. In the manuscript it is only a few pages away from the one I published last week. It sounds like it...
Johann Adolph Scheibe, Partita VII
Two manuscripts containing 7 keyboard partita’s are held by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The partita’s vary in length, the number of dances, their type and order seem somewhat arbitrary. But they all have one thing...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Jesu deine tiefe Wünden
The melody of this choral is also known with the words “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele”. That seems an interesting contrafact, since based on the incipit the meaning is totally different. I should...
Johann Gottfried Walther, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
Of the three preludes on “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” in “Die Harmonische Seelenlust”, only one is written by Kauffmann. The other two were inserted in the collection by Kauffmann’s widow, but...
Johann Sebastian Bach, Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV Anh. II 54
This prelude on “Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen” has an interesting feauture. The accompaniment to the choral melody is not written with a specific range in mind (for example alto or tenor). Instead the...
Anonymus, Ricercar secundi toni
The organbook of Matthias Rottenau (Mus. Ms. 40615 from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) contains numerous works from unnamed composers. Perhaps they are from Rottenau himself, perhaps they are from other composers. As far as...
Johann Balthasar Kehl, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
The last of the Kehl choral preludes. Not nearly as elaborate as the prelude by Bach on the same choral melody, but a nice soft flowing piece nonetheless. After the summer holidays I’ll wrap...
Christian Erbach junior, Canzona secundi toni
Christian Erbach junior (1604-1645) was the son of Christian Erbach (~1570 – 1635). Where his father left a considerable amount of music, only a few works of Erbach junior have survived the years. Erbach...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
Kauffmann’s ‘Harmonische Seelenlust’ contains three preludes to “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”. Only one of them was written by Kauffmann. The other two were composed by Walther and inserted in the ‘Harmonische...
Johann Friedrich Fasch, Triosonata c moll, FWV N:c2 (BWV 585)
Johann Friedrich Fasch(1688 – 1758), a German violinist and composer, was born in Buttelstedt near Weimar. He was a pupil of Johann Kuhnau and worked as violinist in Bayreuth and Leipzig. Later he served...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Nun freut euch lieben Christen gemein (alio modo)
Kauffmann’s second prelude on this chorale melody is a three part piece. The chorale melody in the soprano voice, the other two parts weave a sixteenth note patterns beneath it. The recording was done...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Nun lob mein Seel den Herren
Kauffmann’s second prelude on “Nun lob mein Seel den Herren” is a fugue on the first phrase of the chorale melody, though on a smaller scale than his first prelude on the same melody....