Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, G Dur (L 9)
Seger’s prelude in G major (l 9) features a short introduction of 9 bars that leads to the tonic of G major, after which the actual piece starts in “Alla breve” time. I guess...
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Christian Gottlob Höpner, Wir Christenleut
That the music of Höpner was quite popular among organists in his days is shown by the fact that his compositions were published in several collections and in music journals. Several of these collections...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Was alle Weisheit
Tag’s prelude to the chorale “Was alle Weisheit” (on the melody of “Christ unser Herr, zum Joran kam”) is a beautiful, longwinded composition. Though the piece is marked “Allegretto” I thought it best to...
Paul Siefert (?), Fantasia secundi Toni ex D (Becker II.2.51)
The second fantasia from manuscript Becker II.2.51 is written in the second church mode, centered around tonal centre D. It has no less then 4 sections, each with a different theme, though you have...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Phantasia, d moll (L 8)
Seger’s Fantasia in d minor (L 8) is one of his compositions that is a bit more well known than the compositions I published till today. There are several performances of this composition available...
Christian Gottlob Höpner, Wer nur den lieben Gott (1)
The melody of “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” is almost perfect for the warm mildly chromatic harmonic style of Christian Gottlog Höpner. Which is probably why his opus 2 contains two preludes...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Gott Vater sende deine Geist
In his prelueㅇe to the melody of “Gott Vater sende deine Geist” (which is the same melody as “Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn”) Tag writes the introductuin on two different staves, suggesting...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga à 4, G Dur
The four part fugua in G major is the last composition from Marpurg’s “Fughe and Capricci per l’clavicembalo o per l’organo”, of which a digital copy is available online on the websiote of the...
Paul Siefert (?), Fantasia primi Toni ex G bémol à 3 (Becker II.2.51)
A few years ago I published music composed by Georg Wilhelm Saxer (see here: Saxer, Georg Wilhelm). That music was taken from manuscript Becker II.2.51, owned by the Stadtbibliothek Leipzig. Besides the music of...
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 7)
Seger’s Fuga in C major could be combines with the preceding Prelude (L 6) to create the idiomatic combination of “Prelude and fugue”. It’s almost certain that they were not intended as an indivisible...
Christian Gottlob Höpner, Befiehl du deine Wege
The second choral prelude fromHöpner’s opus 2, “Acht Vorspiele und zwei Fugen”, is a prelude based on the melody of “Befiehl du deine Wege”. That melody is probably the most famous because it is...
Wilhelm Karges, Præludium
This Præludium is the last composition from Am. B. 340. I started publishing the compositions from this manuscript almost 5 years ago and now finally, 5 years and 44 compositions later the job is...
Johann Balthasar Kehl, Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
Is it coincidence that Kehl usedone of his most beautiful compositions as the last composition in his “Erste Sammlung”? Or was it the decision of a clever business man, to wet the appetites for...
Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga à 2, B Dur
Marpurg’s fugue in B flat major, is a two part fugue that shows more likeness to a capricio or to one of Bach’s inventions, than to a classic fugue. In that respect it is...
Christian Gotthilf Tag, Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt
Tag’s prelude tot the choral “Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt” is again a nice composition. Tag writes an almost frivolous accompaniment with many many triplets staccato eight notes, that contracsts very nicely with...