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Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen (Emans 19)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, A Dur (L 19)

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Paul Siefert (?), Fantansia Septimi Toni ex G Dur

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, B Dur (L 18)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium Es Dur (L 17)

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Rudolf Löw, Trio in D Dur

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, C Dur (L 20)

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 feet, but I would have a hard time playing it like that. As a manualiter piece, it is quite easy to play and at the same time it is a perfect exxample of Seger's ability to build a mature composition from just one simple motif. It keeps amazing me how easy and natural the music of Seger seems to flow. It feels like the music could not have been wriiten any other way than the result we see and hear. Nevertheless, as the preludes L5 (partitura.org/index.php/josef-ferdinand-norbert-seger-praeambulum-l-5/) and L 16a (partitura.org/index.php/josef-f...

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Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen (Emans 19)

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Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen (Emans 19)

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Among the many many compositions that may or may not have been written by Johann Sebastian Bach, is the little choral partita "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen". It features a four part setting of the choral, followed by three variations, that have the choral melody in the bass voice,m the tenor voice and the bass voice respectively. The authorship of Bach is dubious. The music might just as wel...

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, A Dur (L 19)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, A Dur (L 19)

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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 or not. Sometimes long bass notes have an explicit indication "P" next to them. For the rest it is as if the music is meant to be played manualiter. The prelude in A major, L 19, is no exception in this regard. It is notated on two staves and bear...

Paul Siefert (?), Fantansia Septimi Toni ex G Dur

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Paul Siefert (?), Fantansia Septimi Toni ex G Dur

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The ninth Fantasia from manuscript Becker II 51, owned by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek, is based on two themes or motives. Both are introduced in the first 6 bars of the fantasia. Though it is perhaps tempting to say that the first one of these two is the main theme and the second one is the counter subject, they turn out to be equally important in the development of the fantasia. The fantasia...

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, B Dur (L 18)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium, B Dur (L 18)

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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. The prelude wanders up and down the circle of fifths, thus giving it structure. The prelude starts in B flat major (obviously) and subsequently touches the tonalities of F major, d minor, g minor, c minor, f minor, E flat major, c minor, g minor a...

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium Es Dur (L 17)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Præludium Es Dur (L 17)

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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 III.8.63 are to Seger's original compositions. This prelude in E flat major is clearly a four part compositions, probably intended to be played with the pedals. The four part texture is often reduced to a three part texture for no apparent reason. Perh...

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Rudolf Löw, Trio in D Dur

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Rudolf Löw (1832 - 1898) was a Swiss organist and composer. He was a student of Carl Ferdinand Becker (Orgel) and Ignaz Moscheles (Piano). In 1864 he became first organist in the newly build Elisabethkirch. As composer he wrote mostly in a style inspired by the old masters of counterpoint like Bach and Händel. With the exception of a few Lieder, his output as a composer was never printed. A few...

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga C Dur (L 16b)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Fuga C Dur (L 16b)

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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 as one "Prelude and Fugue". If that's true than it is the only pair in the manuscript, as all the other pieces are numbered consecutively. It seems more likely therefore that the numbering stems from an error and one of the two was skipped when the...

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Johann Ernst Rembt, Trio nr. 12, Es Dur

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In 1787 Rembt published 12 Trios for organ. Manuscript Ec 268.5, held by the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Bonn, contains 6 of these 12 Trios.The last of these six is a trio in E flet major. In my opinion it is the most beautiful of the six and the best written one. The main theme of the trio is not only for the hands, but the feet get their turn in playing the main theme as well. The rec...

Johann Christoph Oley, Ermuntre dich mein schwacher Geist

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Johann Christoph Oley, Ermuntre dich mein schwacher Geist

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Oley's prelude to the chorale "Ermuntre dich mein schwacher Geist" is the last one chorale prelude taken from manuscript Ec 266.1.2. I kept this one as the final composition to be published because of two reasons: it is the most surprising of the compositions from manuscript Ec 266.1.2 and it is the most difficult one to play. Where often Oley's compositions are a bit stiff, scholarly or even b...

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Prælude C Dur (L 16a)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Prælude C Dur (L 16a)

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Seger's prælude in C Dur, L 16a, is closely related to his Præambulum in C Dur, L 5. Both preludes have the same two bars as the main musical material. After these first two bars each prelude develops the material in it's own seperate unique way, till the last two bars, which are again identical in both preludes. It's intruiging to see how Seger can create two completely different pieces with t...

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Johann Ernst Rembt, Trio nr. 11, B Dur

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In 1787 Rembt published 12 Trios for organ. Manuscript Ec 268.5, held by the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Bonn, contains 6 of these 12 Trios.The fifth of these six is a trio in B flet major. Rembt does not provide tempo indications for his trioos, so it is up to the player how fast to play them . This trio strikes me as menuet like, and so the tempo should be fairly moderate. The recordi...

Oley, Wie gross ist des Allmächt'gen Güte

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Oley, Wie gross ist des Allmächt'gen Güte

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A chorale prelude to "Wie gross ist des Allmächt'gen Güte" is not something you come often across. And there appear to be several melodies in use for this particular choral. As far as I know Oley is the only one who uses this melody. An exeption might be the choral prelude by Johann Adam Hiller, but I've only seen the first two bars of that one. So this composition is a bit of a rare one. Oley ...

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Transitus per omnes tonos (L 15)

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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, Transitus per omnes tonos (L 15)

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The fifteenth composition from manuscript ecker III.8.63, held at the Städtische Bibliotheken Leipzig is a rather ambitious one. Called "Transitus per omnes tonos" it promises a passage through all tonalities. The compositions does not touch all posibly tonalities, but it certainly goes through a lot of sharps and flats. It is actually a bit too much for the fifth comma mean-tone temperament of...

Johann Christoph Oley, Wenn meine Sünd mich kränken

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Johann Christoph Oley, Wenn meine Sünd mich kränken

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Some of Oley's chorale preludes are a bit more difficult to play than most others. The prelude to the chorale "Wenn meine Sünd mich kränken" is one of the more difficult ones. It is written as a Trio for organ. The composition follows the harmonic outline of the chorale melody, though here and there fragments of the melody itself are discernable. In the middle of the composition Oley writes rat...