Gott hat das Evangelium

Johann Michael Bach was second-uncle (and then posthumously) father-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach, because he was the father of Bach's first wife Maria Barbara. He came (like almost any Bach) from a musical family, his father Heinrich Bach and his brother Johann Christoph Bach were both active organists and composers. He was born in Arnstadt and became the organist and town clerk of Gehren, where he lived until his death.

This piece is from the Neumeister Sammlung, most famous for its chorale preludes by J.S. Bach. But there are also pieces by Zachow, Sorge and J.M. Bach in it.

Many manualiter chorale preludes for organ do get more interesting (in my opinion) when you play the cantus firmus in the pedal part. Therefore I arranged this chorale prelude on the hymn 'Gott hat das Evangelium' that way. In this case I picked a soft registration with flutes on the manuals and a 4' principal in the pedals., you could perfectly use a 4' reed in the pedal too.