@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 14 hours agoWilhelm Karges, Fantasia auff 2 ClavierThis is the last Echo Fantasia from manuscript Am.B. 340. It consists of two echo episodes and a closing episodes in which the echo play is not as pronounced as in the first two episodes. In the first episode the right hand plays with the echo effect, in the second episodes it is the left hand…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 3 days agoJohann Balthasar Kehl, Jesu der du meine SeeleIn the prelude to the choral "Jesu der du meine Seele" Kehl specifically writes "pedal" near the bass notes at the beginning of the piece but not in the remainder of the piece. So it is a bit of an enigma whether or not the bass notes in the remainder of the piece should be played with the pedals…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 5 days agoFriedrich WIlhelm Marpurg, Fuga Es DurMarpurg's fugue in Es major, is a three part fugue that shows once again that Marpurg new how to write a fugue. After the first exposition, Marpurg plays mostly with the first half of the fugue theme. The seventh leaps of the fugua theme only appear in the soprano voice and the alto voice in the…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 7 days agoChristian Gottlob Höpner, Nun danket alle GottChristian Gottlob Höpner (1799 - 1859) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Frankenberg and he largely taught himself how to play to piano and the organ. When it turned out that he was talented in composing as well, he started professional music lessons with Johann Gottlob Schneider…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 9 days agoChristian Gotthilf Tag, Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hältIt is one and a half years ago since I last published a composition by Christian Gotthilf Tag (see here: Yet I have 5 more compositions in manuscript source than the 10 I have already published. So the next few…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 11 days agoWilhelm Karges, CapricioThe last Capricio from manuscript Am.B. 340 shows the characteristics of one of the Caprici Karges based on the compositions of Francois Roberday. I'm however unfamiliar with an original by Roberday's hand on which this composition could be based. It is possible that Karges knew compositions by…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 12 days agoJosef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præambulum (L 5)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 manuscript. After those two bar, both compositions follow their own, completely seperate ways. L 5 is a jolly affair, with lots of rapid notes for…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 13 days agoJohann Balthasar Kehl, Wach auf, mein Herz und SingeAfter the two pedaliter choral preludes, Kehls prelude to the choral "Wach auf, mein Herz und singe" is again a manualiter piece. Though Kehl does not give a tempo indication, it seems to me that it should be played like an Allegro, or even Allegro Vivace. A nice detail of this composition is that…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 17 days agoJosef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga D Dur (L 4)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 manuscript source immediately after the prelude of the same tonality I published a week ago. And one could combine them as a "Prelude and Fuge in D…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 19 days agoWilhelm Karges, Fantasia EchoThe next composition from manuscript AM.B. 340 is again an echo fantasia. It is either an original composition by Karges, or an adaptation of a composition by an unknown composer. Either way, it consists of three sections. The outer two sections feature the right hand alternating two manuals. In…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 21 days agoJohann Balthasar Kehl, Meinen Jesum lass ich nichtKehl's second full swing pedaliter chorale prelude, is the prelude to "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht". And Kehl makes it the composition quite difficult to play, as it features some tricky trills in the pedal part. Other than those trills, it is a nice and sweet piece to play.…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 23 days agoFriedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Capriccio in F DurThe next compositions from Marpurg's Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l'organo, after the Fuga a 3 voci in D major, is the Capriccio in F major. Marpurgs Capricci are mostly a sort of fast paced fugues and this one is no exception.…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 25 days agoMore enigmas in Seger's music | Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præambulum D Dur (L 3)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 Ferdinand Norbert Seger. This prelude is one of a lot of the preludes in this manuscript that have some sort of introduction in long static chords. And…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • 29 days agoWilhelm Karges, Fantasia 2 after Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's Fantasia ChromaticaKarges based at least two fantasia's in the manuscript on Sweelink's original Fantasia Chromatica. I say "at least" because there are two short fragments inserted in the manuscript that are probably based on the Fantasia Chromatica as well. They are however probably not meant as independent…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • last monthJohann Balthasar Kehl, Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeitThough Kehl's music is mostly manualiter, with occasionally a rather lonely pedal note written in, sometimes he writes a full swing pedaliter piece. The choral prelude to "Was mein Gott will, das gescheh allzeit' is one of these rare pieces.…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • last monthFriedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in D Dur à 3 vociMarpurg's Fugue in D major a 3 Voci, taken his "Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l'organo" is a bit more serious affair than the fugue in A major I published 6 days ago. Though not a joyous as the fugue in a major, it is nevertheless a well written fugue. The theme features a lowered…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • last month Identification is important | Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga con seggetto doppio (L 2)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 fugue with two subjects.…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • last monthWilhelm Karges, Fantasia 1 after Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's Fantasia ChromaticaKarges edited several pieces by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck into more than one composition. He gives Sweelink's Fantasia Chromatica the same treatment. He bases at least two fantasia's in the manuscript on Swwelink's original. I say " at least" because there are two short fragments inserted in the…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • last monthJust for the effect of it | Johann Balthasar Kehl, Liebster Jesu, sind hierThe next prelude from Kehl's "Erste Sammlung einiger variierter Choräle" is the prelude to "Liebster Jesu wir sind hier". Though a lot of Kehl's music is technically not too demanding, in this case Kehl makes the prelude a little harder to play. After a stately, almost dignified introduction…@primalamusica 64in #hive-175836 • last monthSpirit and brille | Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Fuga in A Dur à 3 vociThis fugue in a major is the third fugue taken from Mapurg's "Fughe e Capricci per clavicembalo o per l'organo". It is a lively three part fugue, that sounds equally well played on harpsichord as played on the organ. Because of al the accidentals and the lively tempo, it is qctually quite a tricky…
