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...
Johann Gottfried Vierling (1750 – 1813) was born in Metzels. From 1763 he studied at the Lyzeum in Schmalkalden. In 1768 he succeeded his teacher Johann Nikolaus Tischer (1707–74) as organist in Schmalkalden. He...
The chorale prelude on “Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren” is a fugue on the opening phrase of the choral melody. No frivolous registration this time, just 8′, 4′, 2′, or full organ. For...
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...
Again a piece with an unusual registration prescription. No indication however which hand should play on which manual. So I made two recordings. Probably Kauffmann meant the combination I play first, but the second...
Kauffmann wrote three preludes to the choral “O Herre Gott, dein Göttlich Wordt”. Or perhaps I should say “two and a half” since the third one is really short. In the choral prelude of...
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...
The introduction in this choral prelude is almost as long as the presentation of the choral melody that follows it. The piece shows Kehl at his best: relatively simple means are used to great...
Recently I discovered digital scans of two manuscripts, containing partita’s by Johann Adolph Scheibe. The composer Scheibe is a bit neglected, probably because of his criticism on the musical style of Johann Sabastian Bach....
Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 – 1879), was a German musical theorist, born at Großschönau, Saxony. He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that...
Kauffmann’s second prelude to the melody of chorale “Valet wil ich dir geben” is again a piece with an unusual registration prescription. No indication however which hand should play on which manual. Perhaps Kauffmann...
The chorale prelude to “Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort”, BWV Anh. II 50 sounds to me like it could have been composed by Bach. Other examples of this type of chorale prelude (manualiter,...
I am always intruiged by pieces whose composer is unknown. This fugue in E flat major is one such piece. The manuscript I transcribed it from is largely filled with works by J.S. Bach...
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...
The second appendix of Schmieder’s catalog of works by Bach contains the works of which Bach’s authorship is uncertain. The choral prelude to “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” is number 48 in...
