After yesterdays sparkling prelude to “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”, it’s now the turn for a much more restrained version. Kehl was perhaps inspired by the more lyrical aspects of the text (süsse Wurzel,...
Kauffmann wrote two preludes to the choral “Wie schön leuchtet uns der Morgenstern”. For the organ solo one, Kauffmann prescribes the use of a Bourdon 16′. That seems a bit strange to me, for...
Richter’s opus 20 is a collection of 6 Trio’s, 5 of which are based on a choral melody. A very bad and hardly readable scan of Richter’s opus 20 is available on imslp. To...
Usually in choral preludes I tend to have stronger stops for the chorale melody and softer stops for the accompaniment. In this prelude, however, Kauffmann prescribes a registration that has it the other way...
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 seems to be the inventor of chorale prelude in which the chorale prelude is not played on the organ, but on a seperate instrument, in this case oboe. The oboe is employed to...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 – 1783) was a musician, composer and music theorist. In 1758 obtained the major position of his life, music director for Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia. He kept this job...
Rinck’s opus 20 is a nice set of Trio’s. They are overall not too difficult, but nonetheless very nice to play and to listen to. They were meant to be used in teaching organ...
Rinck’s opus 20 is a nice set of Trio’s. They are overall not too difficult, but nonetheless very nice to play and to listen to. They were meant to be used in teaching organ...
Another fine example of what Kehl was capable of. As is usual with Kehl this piece start with a somewhat unrelated intro. The intro sets the mood, but does not employ a motive from...
In his registration prescriptions Kauffmann often uses a 16 feet stop. Sometimes that makes the music needlesly heavy to my ears. But in this piece it creates the wonderful effect of having a solo...
Johan Adolph Scheibe wrote at least three Triosonates. I published the first almost 10 months ago. Today follows the second. It is a three part sonata, with vivid outer parts and a slow moving...
Another one of the melodious, deceptively simple preludes, Kehl seems to have had the patent on. I use another manual for the choral melody, but this piece can of cource be played on one...
Kauffmann’s second prelude on “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”. It’s a trio-like setting, with the melody in the pedals. The hands play a accompaniment, in a ternary rythm. And Kauffmann has a knack...
Rinck’s opus 20 is a nice set of Trio’s. They are overall not too difficult, but nonetheless very nice to play and to listen to. They were meant to be used in teaching organ...
