Andante D-moll

The Thuringian organist Karl Gottlieb Umbreit (1763-1829) was a pupil of the Erfurt organist Johann Christian Kittel (1732-1809), who in turn had been a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach. Umbreit’s compositions and especially his pedagogical works and influence center around the role of the organ in church services.

I picked a piece (no. 9) from the first collection. The pieces from this collection don't have titles, sometimes a tempo indication. I took the liberty of naming this piece 'Andante', since that's sort of the tempo I choose. Although the organ of the Martinikerk, Groningen isn't the obvious choice for this music, I think it works quite well.