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Dec 08 Pp. 22-23.Indd 22 11/12/08 11:06:46 AM Ers Buxtehude, Reinken, and Bruhns

Dec 08 Pp. 22-23.Indd 22 11/12/08 11:06:46 AM Ers Buxtehude, Reinken, and Bruhns

BWV 1128: A recently discovered Bach organ work Joel H. Kuznik

Latest Bach manuscript discovery: He resigned over confl icts, particularly Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, with , but got even in 1878, BWV 1128 in a sense, by sharing the composition The discovery of a Bach manuscript with Spitta’s rival Carl Hermann Bittner, always raises curiosity and excites expect- whose Vol. IV of his second edition of ant interest. This latest work, an organ “J. S. Bach” (Dresden 1880 / Berlin 1881) fantasia just discovered in March, includes “141. Wo Gott der Herr nicht is a reminder that new revelations can bey uns hält. Fantasia sopra il Chorale come at any time from any source. G-moll. (Königsberger Bibliothek.)” For Bach’s copy of the Calov Bible was whatever reason the was found in an attic in Frankenmuth, Mich- not included in the Gesamtausgabe, so igan in 1934, but forgotten until after in his Bach-Werke- WWII, in 1962. More recently in 1999, Verzeichnis ( 1950) put a fragment after a 20-year detective hunt worthy of it in an appendix (BWV Anh. II 71). of a spy mystery and with a tip from an After Rust’s death in 1892, a large East German librarian, Christian Wolff part of his collection went to his student, tracked down C.P.E. Bach’s estate, with Erich Prieger (1849–1913), who wrote 5,100 musical manuscripts, to Kiev. an extensive essay in 1885 on “Wilhelm Originally in the Berlin State Library, Rust and His Bach Edition.” Prieger’s the Russian army absconded with this collection in turn was put up for auc- treasure trove of manuscripts after the unanswered questions. Much like studies chael Pacholke with a foreword by tion after WW I in three sections, one of war. Included were works by Johann Se- in genealogy, one can trace documented Hans-Joachim Schulze. 2008, Ortus which went in 1924 to the Cologne book bastian, among which were his last work, history back only so far and, in this case, Musikverlag, Kassel, 24 pp., €13.50; dealer M. Lempertz and refers to many a motet he apparently prepared for his only to the mid-nineteenth century, 100 . copies of “Bachiana” from the 18th and own funeral. years after Bach. The second review on 19th centuries, including in Lot No. 157 In 2004 an aria by Bach was found in the CD, featuring both the organ fantasia Contents with Rust’s collection of manuscripts. Weimar in a box of birthday cards among and the cantata based on the same cho- Prologue by Schulze, musicologist In summary, the transmission was holdings of the Anna Amalia Library, just rale, was released on June 13, 2008 at the and former director of the Bach-Archiv from Wilhelm Friedemann to Johann months before it was destroyed by fi re. opening concert of the Leipzig . Critical report on Source A Christian to Kötschau, and then from Two years later in 2006 from the same and shares Ullrich Böhme’s experience (, Martin University, Uni- Gotthold to the Königsberg Library to Weimar library, researchers also found of studying and preparing a fi rst perfor- versity-State Library of Sachsen-Anhalt, Rust to Prieger, and ultimately from Co- Bach’s oldest manuscripts in his own hand: mance of a Bach work. How many have with signature) and Source B (Leipzig, logne to . . . . organ works by Buxtehude and Reinken had that opportunity! Bach-Archiv, no signature) with score he copied at the age of fi fteen. Most re- Obviously this is not the end of the variants noted. Chorale melody from Discovery cently in March of 2008, a newly discov- story. No doubt surprises and discover- Wittenberg (1533, perhaps 1529) and When on March 15, 2008 the Leipzig ered organ work was found in an estate ies still await detection by sharp-sighted eight-verse text by (1493– auction fi rm of Johannes Wend offered sale in Leipzig, in a sense, right under the scholars and through pure serendipity. 1555) based on . Facsimiles Lot No. 153 with “manuscripts from the nose of the musicians at St. Thomas! of cover page and fi rst page of musical estate of . Mostly composi- This is a double review. The fi rst dis- Bach, Johann Sebastian, Choralfan- score. Critical edition, based on Source tions of his own or arrangements of works cusses the organ score and reveals a fas- tasie für Orgel [2 Manuale und Ped- A: 85 bars, pp. 1–9. by Bach . . . ,” no one could have antici- cinating history of teacher-student trans- al] über “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei pated that this included parts of Prieger’s mission, estate sales, alert and not-so-alert uns hält,” BWV 1128, First Edition, History collection and the chorale fantasia BWV librarians, savvy editors, guesswork and edited by Stephan Blaut and Mi- How is it that an organ work by Bach Anh. II 71. The Rust items were acquired was just discovered and authenticated by the University-State Museum of Hal- March 15, 2008 after it had passed through le/Salle, and fi nally due to the fastidious so many hands, including collectors, mu- work of two editors, Stephan Blaut and sicians, editors and auction houses? Michael Pacholke of Halle University, According to Schulze’s foreword, this the chorale fantasia was authenticated is what is known to date. The fi rst public and has become BWV 1128! record of this chorale fantasia is 1845, al- This edition is based on two 19th-cen- most 100 years after Bach’s death, listed tury manuscripts: “Source A” by Rust among organ pieces by “Sebastian Bach” and “Source B,” a copy made by Ernst in the estate auction for Johann Nico- Naumann sometime after 1890 in the laus Julius Kötschau (1788–1845), once collection of the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. MASSES FOR organist at St. Mary’s in Halle/Salle. Ac- Researchers, according to Schulze, are SPECTACULAR SOUNDS! cording to public record, he acquired the still hopeful that Kötschau’s copy sur- pieces in an 1814 auction along with the vived WW II and is still to be found, per- CHOIR AND ORGAN “Clavier-Büchlein of Wilhelm Friede- haps in a Russian library. mann” (1720), Bach’s son and once an On June 13, 2008, Ullrich Böhme, or- Three 20th-Century masterpieces of organist in Halle, who had passed the ganist, St. Thomas, played the fi rst Leipzig Vierne, Widor, and Langlais sung by scores on to his distant relative and performance of BWV 1128 at the opening the Vokalensemble and Men’s Voices of student Johann Christian (1743–1814), concert of the Bachfest, which included known as the “Clavier-Bach.” Kötschau, Bach’s Cantata 178 on the same chorale, Cologne Cathedral directed by Eberhard who apparently was reluctant to share sung by the St. Thomas Choir. The same Metternich and accompanied by the two his prize collection, eventually relented, day a CD by Rondeau Production with fi rst loaning it to Mendelssohn (1840) both compositions and works by Rust was Klais organs played by Winfried Bönig and and then Leipzig publishers C. F. Peters released. The score by Ortus was pub- Ulrich Brüggemann. Also includes solo (1843). However, there is no evidence lished on June 10, showing how rapidly that anyone recognized the signifi cance new works can be distributed worldwide. organ works by Vierne and Hakim. of what they saw. The chorale still exists in German The first recording of the new In the 1845 auction of Kötschau’s es- hymnals, but apparently has not survived tate, the manuscript, along with other in American Lutheran usage. The work, Bombardewerk, added in 2006! Bach works, was acquired by Friedrich a large-scale fantasia believed to date August Gotthold (1778–1858), a former from 1705–1710, is of moderate diffi cul- 3!#$-5,4)#(!..%,(9"2)$#$s member of the Sing-Akademie Berlin ty in four contrapuntal voices scored for and then director of the Collegium in Rückpositiv, Oberwerk and Pedal. After Königsberg, East Prussia. In 1852, in or- an introductory section, the ornamented IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT! der to preserve his collection, he donated chorale appears in the R.H. beginning it to the Königsberg Library, but it only with bar 12, proceeding verse by verse NOW CHOOSE FROM OVER 5,000 TITLES! drew attention 25 years later when Jo- with interludes, chromaticism and echo seph Müller, in spite of opposition from sections. It concludes with a coda in a ORDER ONLINE: www.ohscatalog.org superiors, prepared a catalogue, which fl urry typical of stylus phantasticus, all of UPS shipping to U.S. addresses, which we recommend, is $7.75 for your entire order. on p. 93 lists “24 books of organ compo- which should make this “new work” very Library rate shipping is $4.50 for your entire order. sitions by J. S. Bach,” of which fascicle exciting indeed for Bach fans. No. 5 lists “Fantasia Sopra il Corale ‘Wo Shipping outside the U.S. is $4.50, plus the cost of air postage, charged to your Visa or MasterCard. Gott der Herr nicht bey uns hält’ pro Or- Bach, Johann Sebastian, Wo Gott gano à 2 Clav. e Pedale.” der Herr nicht bei uns hält. The This got the attention of Wilhelm Rust Newly Discovered Organ Work: ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (1822–1892), who had it sent on a library Choralefantasia BWV 1128. Organ P.O. Box 26811 Richmond, VA 23261 loan to Berlin, where he copied it. This and choral works by Ammerbach, transcription of September 8, 1877 has J. S. Bach, Rust, and Schein. Ullrich Open Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:00pm ET become “Source A” of this edition, and Böhme, organist, on the Bach Organ Telephone: (804) 353-9226 it is unknown whether Rust, as editor at Leipzig’s St. Thomas . St. [email protected] of 26 volumes of the 46-volume Bach- Thomas Choir with the Gewand- Gesamtausgabe, intended to include it. haus Orchestra; Georg Christoph

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Dec 08 pp. 22-23.indd 22 11/12/08 11:06:46 AM ers Buxtehude, Reinken, and Bruhns. (Head of the and musician, a pastor, and as a business executive Wender Organ, Mühlhausen Three other examples of this genre by Professor of Systematic Theology at the on Fifth Avenue, Wall Street, and at MetLife. After several years of retirement from busi- OBER MANUAL C, D–d3 Bach are heard on the CD: the familiar University of Leipzig); cantata text for ness, he resumed writing for professional 16′ Quintatön Ein feste Burg (BWV 720), Christ lag in BWV 178; biographies for Böhme, Bill- journals, something he had done since his col- 8′ Principal Todesbanden (BWV 718), and Wie schön er, Susanne Krumbiegel (alto), Martin lege days. After attending the Bachfest 2003 8′ Viola di Gamba leuchtet der Morgenstern (BWV 739). Petzold (tenor), and Mathias Weichert in Leipzig, he again began writing articles and 4′ Octave There is only one organ that Bach (bass); background on the St. Thomas reviews. With over 60 pieces in print ranging 4′ Gedackt played (including those in Lübeck and Choir and Gewandhaus Orchestra; and from reviews of concerts and festivals, trav- 3′ Nasat elogues, books on church music, concert hall ′ ) for which BWV 1128 could fi nally the specifi cation and history of the 2Octave have been written because of the re- 2000 Bach Organ by Gerald Woehl. organs, CDs and DVDs, he was recognized Sesquialtera II quirements for a Rückpositiv, Oberwerk, What is eminently apparent in these and named to the Music Critics Association of Mixtur IV North America (MCANA) in May 2005. He is Cimbel II Pedal and the extent of the manual rang- compositions and performances is a de- ′ also a member of the American 16 Fagott es. That is the Wender organ at St. Bla- votional consciousness of the text and and serves on the board of the Bach Vespers at sius in Mühlhausen, where Bach served the earnest intent to refl ect its meaning. Holy Trinity in New York City, where he has RÜCKPOSITIV between 1707 and 1708. The original The performers are all steeped in the lived for 32 years. 8′ Gedackt organ has not survived, but a copy with Bach milieu and tradition, performing ′ His organ teachers were Austin C. Lovelace, 8Quintatön the same specifi cation was built in the Bach week after week, year after year in Frederick Swann, Ronald Arnatt, David 4′ Principal ′ late 1950s. worship and concert. Böhme’s playing is Craighead, Jean Langlais, Marie-Madeleine 4Salicional Durufl é-Chevalier, and Anton Heiller. As a 2′ Octave Additional compositions on the cho- equally elegant and eloquent, ever confi - ′ rale, all by former St. Thomas organists dent, yet always sensitive to the chorale member of the AGO, he has served as dean 2Spitzfl öte of the Ft. Wayne chapter, on the executive Sesq. II or cantors, are a Tabulatur by Ammer- text, realizing the Lutheran approach, 1 board of the New York City chapter, and on 2′ bach (organist, 1550–1597); duet by St. which is never performance for its own 1⁄ Quintfl öte the national fi nancial board. He holds a BA Cimbel III Thomas Choir Boys from Opella nova by sake, but music as a servant of theology summa cum laude from Concordia Sr. College Johann Schein (cantor, 1616–1630); and and worship. While this CD largely fea- BRUSTWERK (formerly at Ft. Wayne), a Min.Div and STM ′ Cantata BWV 178 by J. S. Bach (cantor, tures organ music and Böhme’s extraor- from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and a 8Stillgedackt 1723–1750). Also included are two piec- dinary playing, the other performers—St. 4′ Flöte MM from Eastman School of Music. 3′ Quinte es by Wilhelm Rust (organist, 1878–80 Thomas Choir and Gewandhaus Orches- 2′ Principal and cantor, 1880–1892): Motet for Two tra under Cantor Georg Christoph Bill- Thanks to Ullrich Böhme, Organist, St. 3 Thomas Church, Leipzig, who provided in- 1⁄5′ Terz Four-Voiced Choirs, op. 40, on “Aus der er—are, as expected, exceptional. This Mixtur III Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir” and an organ CD and its brochure should certainly valuable information, including contacts for 8′ Schalmey fantasia, op. 40/3 on “Herr Jesu Christ, pique the interest, as Bach would say, of getting the score and the CD within ten days dich zu uns wend.” both “Kenner und Liebhaber” (profes- of its fi rst performance in Leipzig on June 13 PEDAL C, D–d1 ■ and providing the specifi cation of the Wender ′ The handsome brochure is replete sionals and music lovers). organ in Mühlhausen. 32 Untersatz with photos and information in addition 16′ Principal ′ to Böhme’s personal account: fascinat- During his career Joel Kuznik has served Musical examples used with permission 16 Subbass as a college organist and professor, a church 8′ Octave ing program notes by from the publisher ortus musikverlag. 4′ Octave 4′ Rohrfl öte Mixtur IV ANDOVER BEDIENT BERGHAUS BIGELOW BOND BUZARD

16′ Posaune GARLAND GOULDING & WOOD HENDRICKSON FISK DYER R. DOBSON CASAVANT FRERES 8′ Trompete 2′ Cornet The disposition of the organ was designed by during his tenure & at Divi Blasii (“the divine Blaise”) Church in 1707–1708, and built by of Mühlhausen. The Wender organ

completed in 1709 was replaced in the 19th BOODY TAYLOR century with an organ that refl ected contem- porary tastes. However, by 1957 a new organ was necessary, and through the infl uence of the cantor at the time, a student of , it was decided to use Bach’s original design for an organ to be built by the Schuke fi rm of Potsdam.

Biller, cantor and conductor. 2008, Rondeau Production ROP6023, 50 minutes, €15.95; brochure 39 pp.; . Imagine being the organist of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, picking up the newspaper on March 16, 2008 and SCHANTZ SCHOENSTEIN reading the headline, “Undiscovered Organ Work by Johann Sebastian Bach Found in Halle.” So Ullrich Böhme begins his very personal essay, “From Mühlhausen to St. Thomas in Leipzig” (brochure, pp. 6–7). He was further in- FRITTS trigued when he learned the work had been found among scores belonging to a predecessor at St. Thomas, Wilhelm Rust (organist, then cantor 1878–1892), and purchased for 2,500 euros by two The Future of Church Music scholars from nearby University of Halle. RICHARDS-FOWKES The paper claimed they “snatched away a true sensation from Leipzig,” when in is in These Fingers fact the chorale had a close connection to Halle. The melody of the chorale had been written by Justus Jonas, a friend of Share a 10 year-old’s sense of wonder as she first touches an organ’s keys! Delight in Luther and the reformer of Halle serving as pastor of St. Mary’s. a 12 year-old’s steady concentration, as he learns the pedals. Watch a 14 year old The Bach-Archiv did not have a copy mature before your eyes during his first recital! of the piece, but by April 28 Böhme received the score from the publisher, Ortus. He spent the next day at home Young people are forever changed when they play the ! Join APOBA in sup- studying and practicing, and then on porting AGO outreach programs to the next generation of organists! evening of April 30 he played the work on the Bach Organ at St. Thomas, exper- imenting with tempos and registrations. It is probable that Bach played this piece himself, but he also may have given it To receive information about pipe organs to one of his sons or students to play on July 30, 1724 as a prelude to the Cantata and recognized pipe organ builders BWV 178 on the same chorale for the A write or call toll free 1-800-473-5270 eighth Sunday after Trinity. Böhme be- P or on the web @ www.apoba.com

lieves this is confi rmed because in Bach’s PASI time the choir and orchestra performed BO Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America in the lower “Kammerton,” whereas the A P.O. Box 155 • Chicago Ridge, Illinois 60415 organs at St. Thomas were tuned a step higher in “Chorton,” so the pitches g- and a-minor match. OTT QUIMBY PARSONS REDMAN The work, a chorale fantasia, refl ects NOACK MURPHY LéTOURNEAU KEGG JAECKEL HOLTKAMP infl uence of the North German compos-

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