Sonate D-Dur - Nun, so ist die Glut entbronnen

This song title makes even Native Germans' hair stand on end - "entbronnen" ?? Well, it could mean kindled ....
Anyway, did I ever mention that the Lahrer Kommersbuch is a treasure chest? Several times already? Sorry. This song has a beautiful melody again.

The composer of this song was
Adam Christoph Friedrich Mergner (* 19 October 1818, in Regensburg; † 7 January 1891 in Heilsbronn), a German Protestant pastor, dean and composer.

The "strange" text was written by a certain "Wetzel". Hmm, no first name, no further reference - too little to do any meaningful research - but the word "entbronnen" in the title is perhaps a vague clue to the thin evidence of authorship .....

But now to the composition. It is in three parts, as always, and like all the songs in the Kommersbuch in major. I haven't yet found one in a minor key. But of course, we want to march cheerfully into battle and the death that inevitably comes with it ..... (That was bitter irony).

The main focus of this 3-part work is on the 4-part fugue, which is very broadly conceived. All in all, working on a piece in odd time is a lot of fun, as is listening to it, which forces you to sway along in 3 time.

Enough said: I hope you have fun and enjoy swaying to my composition!