Georg Böhm, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
The prelude by Beorg Böhm on “Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ” shares a lot of simlarities with the prelude by Buxtehude on the same choral melody. For example the rapid notes in the pedal...
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Dietrich Buxtehude, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ, BuxWV 189
The choral “Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ” was the prominent hymn (Hauptlied) for Christmas Day in the Lutherian church in Germany. It is therefore not surprising that all the organ composers of the German...
Johann Peter Kellner, Präludium con Fuga pro Organo pleno, D dur
This is the twin prelude to the one I uploaded a few weeks ago. They appear in the same manuscript, Mus 2969-U-500, owned by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden. According to...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Puer natus in Bethlehem
The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin has at least three sources for this prelude by Kauffmann: two copies of “Der Harmonische Seelenlust” and the “Zegertscher Sammelband”, a manuscript written by Johann Gottfried Walther. Although Walther is...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wir Christenleut (LV 14)
Zachow’s prelude on “Wir Christenleut” is a kind of double fugue based on the first phrase of the choral melody and a counter subject. The first phrase of the chorale melody is played inverted...
Dietrich Buxtehude, In dulci jubilo, BuxWV197
Buxtehude’s prelude on “In dulci jubilo” is a typical example of Buxtehude’s chorale prelude style. The melody is very colourfully embellished and the middle voices are expertly crafted . The bass voice plays parts...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, In dulci jubilo (LV 34)
A small prelude by Zachow, but very lovely. The melody is accompanied by two flowing voices in triple meter. The recording was done on the sample set of the Bader-organ in the Walburgiskerk in...
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Der Tag der ist so Freudenreich
Buttstett’s prelude to this chorale paints the joy of Christmas with a lively rythm and fast scale passages. The recording was done on the sample set of the Bader-organ in the Walburgiskerk in Zutphen...
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Der Tag der ist so Freudenreich
This choral prelude is also known as “Ricercar pro Festis Natalytis”. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote that his father considered Fischer to be one of the greatest composers of his time. This ricercar can...
Johann Adam Hiller (?), Freu dich sehr o meine Seele
One of the last pieces I transcribed from the “Wochentliche Nachrichten der Musik betreffend” is a nice prelude to the choral “Freu dich sehr o meine Seele”. Since the music does not indicate a...
Johann Nicolaus Hanff, Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
Hanff is another composer of whom too little music survived. Just 7 chorale preludes and a few cantatas. The prelude on “Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen” is a fine example of what makes Hanff’s...
Simon Lohet, Nun welche hie Ihr Hoffnung gar (Psalm 125)
The last piece of Lohet there is for me to publish is a four voice treatment of Psalm 125. It’s not based on the melody of Psalm 125 as we know it. Rather it...
Dietrich Buxtehude, Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217
BuxWV 217 is one of the shortest chorale preludes by Buxtehude. The character is solemn and dignified. Ideally suited I think to use a Trompet stop as cantus firmus. I wish I could play...
Johann Peter Kellner, Preludium pro Organo pleno, B dur
I recently found a digital copy of a manuscript containing two Preludes by Johann Peter Kelnner. One has a accompanying fugue, the other not. Here’s the one without a fugue. It’s not too complicated,...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (2)
Kauffmann is best known for the “Harmonische Seelenlust”. This work, containing all of his known chorale preludes together with figured bass settings for all but one of the used chorale melodies, was first initiated...