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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C-minor BWV 546
1. Prelude
2. Fugue

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Prelude and Fugue in c-minor op. 37
3. Prelude
4. Fugue

5. Sonata 6 op. 65

Max Reger (1873-1916)
6. Choral setting “Vater unser” op. 67

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
7. Air g-minor (Transkription Tillmanns)

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)
8. Prelude and Fugue in f-minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C-Major BWV 547
9. Prelude
10. Fugue

Organ Music from the Baroque and Romantic Era ©
Bach was the first time employed at the church of Bonifacius in Arnstadt in Thuringia in 1703. Later followed an employment at the church of Divi Blasii at Mühlhausen. In 1708 he began a new employment as a majestic organist in the chapel of the palace of Weimar. Working for the Duke of Sachsen-Weimar was Bach’s golden times of organ art. The fugue in c-minor BWV 546 belongs to this period. The prelude had been created later during Bach’s stay in Leipzig. in 1717 arrived at the court in Köthen. There he was emplyed by the Earl of Anhalt-Köthen, who loved music. Bach would have liked to stay, but the Earl married the Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg. After this marriage the relationship between Bach and the Earl got worse. When in 1722 the music director of the Thomas Church in Leipzig died Bach announced to this profession. The prelude and fugue in C-Major BWV 547 was composed in Leipzig.

The significance of Mendelssohn as an organist and re-animator of classical organ interpretation has to be highly acknowleged. His main organ works are the three preludes and fugues op. 37 and the six sonatas op. 65. The compositiona Mendelssohn created in his short life falls between classicism and romanticism.
Reger’s work can be compared to those lifelong works of ancient masters because of its huge quantity that includes nearly all fields of music. His organ works are filled with a baroque vitality and a romantic sensitivity at the same time. The music had been developed as a classical romantic art. Within there is a permanent mixture of traditional song and romantic expression.

Edvard Grieg’s mother who was a very talented pianist, gave him lessons already at the age of six bringing him into contact with compositions of Mozart, Weber and Chopin. After some years of study at Leipzig he went for a longer stay in Copenhagen where he was influenced by Gade and Hartmann. Afterwards he turned around to be influenced by Nordraak, the composer of the Norwegian national anthem and Grieg got more into the fields of national folk music. With the art of Grieg Norwegian music became of importancc all over the world.
Johan Ludwig Krebs was a private student of J.S. Bach. He was one of the most remarkable students of Bach because of his complcx work. This is proved by Bach’s description of Krebs as “the only crab in the drain”. Krebs is the one who stayed the most in the tradition of Bach’s work. The work of Krebs is dominated by an admirable linear tension. He died 1780 in Altenburg where he had been organist since 1756.