Jesus Christus, unser Heiland

The manuscript with the designation "KN 209", owned bij the Ratsbücherei, Lüneburg, is written in German organ tablature and is one of the most important sources for North German organ music, noth in size and in textual quality. Probably written out in the years 1660 -1670 is contains music from some 10 to 20 years earlier, around 1630 - 1660. It is the primary source for the organ music of Matthias Weckmann, Franz Tunder, Delphin Strunck and Peter Mohrhardt. Besides that, it is an important source for the organ music of Heinrich Scheidemann as well. Besides music of which the composer is indicated, the manuscript contains several compositions without an indication of the composer. These anonymous compositions are largely unedited. And that is a shame, because even though anonymous it is fine music and some of them are even real gems of great quality. It is therefore my pleasure to be able to publish at least five of them. You'll hopefully forgive me that I save the in my opinion two best composition till last, and start with the music that is slightly less (but only slightly) less in quality.

The first composition is a chorale prelude on the melody of "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand". I uploaded this piece before, on the sample set of Steinkirchen: http://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/34272

Score available here: http://partitura.org/index.php/anonymus-jesus-christus-unser-heiland