Thursday, December 12, 2024

"Gott des Himmels und der Erden" (#160a)


The melody of the first phrase matches the meaning in that "des Himmels" ("of heaven") is sung to the highest notes and "der Erden" ("of the earth") is sung to the lowest notes.

Reminder that the little lines above and below the staff in the first set of alternate notes mark where individual instances of alternate notes abut

Thursday, December 5, 2024

"Ich dank' dir schon durch deinen" (#159)


It seems that in the first set of alternate notes, the third phrase ends a measure sooner.  This is what I did, but I'm not sure it's exactly what Telemann intended.

Thursday, November 28, 2024

"Aus meines Herzens Grunde" (#158)


There have been instances where the alternate notes make the tunes longer, but I think this is the first instance where they make the tune shorter.

This tune has the highest number of sets of alternate notes so far.

16', 8', 4'

Thursday, October 3, 2024

"Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr" (#153a)


16', 8', 4'

When I edited the video (months after recording the piece), I noticed that the octave drop between G notes in the left hand in the third measure isn't as noticeable the second time as it is the first time.  I can't imagine that I played it wrong immediately after playing it correctly, though, so I suppose it's just a sort of aural illusion.

Thursday, September 5, 2024

"Hast du denn, Jesus" (#149)


I know this tune (or at least something similar to it) as "Lobe den Herren."

Thursday, August 8, 2024

"Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren" (#145)


16', 8', 4'

Reminder that the little lines above and below the staff in the first set of alternate notes mark where individual instances of alternate notes abut.

Thursday, July 18, 2024

"Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen" (#142)


16', 8', 4'

The little lines above and below the staff mark where individual instances of alternate notes abut.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

"O Jesu, du edle Gabe" (#141)


This is the second piece to mix time signatures (the first was "Brich entzwey, mein armes Herze" [#111]) and the first piece to include dynamic markings.

16', 8', and 4'