This chorale prelude is also known as “Ricercar pro Tempore Quadragesimae”. Most of the music of Fischer is lost nowadays. Luckily a small collection survives in manuscript Mus. Ms. 30196, owned by the Staatsbibliothek...
[Update, 9 Oct 2016: This Fughetta was definately written by Georg Philipp Telemann; see comments] [Update, 7 oct 2016: This Fughetta was possibly written by Georg Philip Telemann; see comments] When searching the internet...
Kehl’s prelude on “Nun sich der Tag geendet hat” is a simple yet beautiful piece. The recording was done on the sample set of the Holzey organ of St. Peter and Paul in Weissenau...
Henry Heron (~1725 – 1795?) was an English organist and composer. Not much is known about his life. Year of birth and year of death are unknown. But since he was appointed as organist...
Édouard Batiste (1820 – 1876) was a French composer and organist. He was born in Paris and showed a rare musical talent at a very early age. When he was only 8 years old...
The prelude on “Schücke dich o liebe Seele” is a three part rendering of the chorale melody. It is probably meant to be played with just the hands, so no pedaliter version this time....
Oscar Van Durme (1876 – 1925) was a Belgian composer and organist. He was born in Exaarde. He studied organ in Sint-Niklaas and later at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven. Besides beging an organist...
The twelfth fugue by Lohet is a slow flowing piece. It’s very reminisence of a Kyrie by da Palestrina: long lines intertwine gracefully with each other, in slowly changing harmonies. The recording was done...
The chorale prelude on “Lobe den Herren den mächtigen König” by Kirnberger is contained in at least two manuscripts, both owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin: Am B 396 and Mus.ms. 11633/25. The versions in...
Another piece that makes me regret there is so litlle of Schneider’s music left. This Trio in a minor follows the pattern often used by Krebs as well: a slow introduction, followed by a...
The chorale preludes of Kehl follow mostly the same basic pattern: a short introduction, the melody in the right hand addorned with grace notes, and a repetition of the introduction. The prelude on “Straff...
The chorale preludes by Kirnberger, contained in Manuscript Am. 386, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin vary greatly in scope and texture. They range from elaborate bicinia, through virtuosic trio writing to four part textures....
Playing the eleventh fugue of Lohet one wonders wether Bach knew the fugues of Lohet. The theme of the fugue BWV 878 is the same as the theme of Undecima Fuga. And Bach uses...
Manuscript Am. 386, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin contains some 20 chorale preludes by Johann Philipp Kirnberger. And one by a certain “Mademoiselle Grunow”. It’s probably not a coincidence a collection of works by...
I already posted two preludes by Kirnberger on the choral “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”, but here is another one. There is even a fourth that I know of. That’ll follow at...
