{"id":10628,"date":"2022-10-16T20:13:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T18:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partitura.org\/?page_id=10628"},"modified":"2022-10-16T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T18:16:20","slug":"seger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/partitura.org\/index.php\/seger\/","title":{"rendered":"Seger, Josef Ferdinand Norbert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Franti\u0161ek Xaver Brixi, Fuga, c moll (L 14)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Aug 9th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n All compositions contained in manuscript Becker III.8.63, held by the St\u00e4dtische Bibliotheken Leipzig, are in the manuscript all ascribed to Seger.\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga con soggetto doppio (L 2)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Oct 28th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n A few days ago I started a new series with compositions by Fuga con seggetto doppio (see here. Today follows the second composition in this seris, a\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, a moll (L 21)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Apr 16th, 2025 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The 21th composition from manuscript Becker III.8.63 is a fugue in a minor. With the possible exception of the Prelude in C, L 16a and the Fugue in\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 11)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Jul 4th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Playing a composition by Seger brings the question whether or not to play it with the pedals or without. The pedal board of Seger's organ in the T\u00fdn\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 16b)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Sep 3rd, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The numbering of this fugue and the preceding prelude in manuscript Becker III.8.63 (16a and 16b) suggests they belong together and should be played\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, C Dur (L 7)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Dec 17th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 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\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga, D Dur (L 4)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Nov 16th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n It is tempting to arrange Seger's many preludes and fugues in the classical combination of \"Prelude and Fugue\". This fugue in D major follows in the\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Mobile Perpetum (L 10)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Jan 14th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The title of this composition suggests that it offers the possibility to play it endlessly. And indeed, the manuscript indicates with numbers three\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Phantasia, d moll (L 8)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Dec 29th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 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\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ambulum (L 1)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Oct 20th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Today I start a new series, with music taken from manuscript Becker III.8.63, owned by the S\u00e4chsische Landesbibliothek \u2013 Staats- und\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ambulum (L 5)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Nov 15th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The prelude in C major, L 5, is a bit intruiging. The first two bars are identiacal to the beginning of the prelude in C major, L 16a, from the same\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ambulum C Dur (L 6)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Dec 3rd, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Seger's Pr\u00e6ambulum in C Dur (L 6) is the second prelude of many in manuscript Becker III.8.63 that feature some form in introduction in long static\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ambulum, D Dur (L 3)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Nov 7th, 2022 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The third composition from manuscript Becker III.8.63, a prelude in D major, gives rise to another question concerning the organ music of Josef\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6lude, B Dur (L 13)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Jul 28th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Seger's prelude in B flat major (L 13) is very similar to the prelude of the same tonality that precedes it in the manuscript (L 12). This prelude\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6lude, C Dur (L 16a)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Aug 27th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Seger's pr\u00e6lude in C Dur, L 16a, is closely related to his Pr\u00e6ambulum in C Dur, L 5. Both preludes have the same two bars as the main musical\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, A Dur (L 19)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Apr 30th, 2024 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Since manuscript Becker III.8.63 notates the music on just two staves, it is most of the tmes a bit of a guess wether or not a the pedals have a role\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, a moll (L 24)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Sep 17th, 2025 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Seger's prelude in a moll, L 24, is, like many of Seger's preludes based on a single motif. The motif is introduced in the first bar and Seger uses\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, B Dur (L 18)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Apr 14th, 2024 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The 18th composition from manuscript Becker III.8.63 is a prelude in B flat major. It is a nice play with the motif introduced in bars two and three.\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, C Dur (L 20)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on May 20th, 2024 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Seger's prelude in C (L 20) is probably meant as a manualiter piece. For the true virtuoso it is of course possible to play the bass line with the\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, D Dur (L 22)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on May 5th, 2025 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The prelude in D DUr, L 22, starts with a long improvisatory-like introduction. Some passage are written out in broken chords, others passages are\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, Es Dur (L 17)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Sep 7th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The next compositin from manuscript Becker III.8.63 is a prelude in E flat major. I sometimes wonder how close the versions in manuscript Becker\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Pr\u00e6ludium, G Dur (L 9)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Jan 6th, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 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\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Transitus per omnes tonos (L 15)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n Posted on Aug 21st, 2023 <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The fifteenth composition from manuscript ecker III.8.63, held at the St\u00e4dtische Bibliotheken Leipzig is a rather ambitious one. Called \"Transitus\u2026 <\/p>\n

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