Karges - Fantasia in D-moll - Stellwagen organ, Stralsund, Hauptwerk

Wilhelm Karges (1613/14–1699), was a German organist and composer in the North German organ tradition. Much of Karges' life was spent in and around Berlin, where he was born, worked and died. Karges came into contact with Sweelinck's student Andreas Düben, through his travels in North Germany and the Low Countries and became his assistant at the German Church in Stockholm. In January 1646 he was appointed chamber musician and composer at the court of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg in Berlin, and subsequently became organist at the cathedral there. His eyesight gradually deteriorated, and by the 1680s he had several assistants and had been relieved of many of his responsibilities. Still, his organ playing was apparently still of such high quality that in 1683 his salary was nearly doubled. (source: Wikipedia) Explanation about the piece from Auke Jongbloed, Partitura Organum, the editor of this piece: The original source of this piece in manuscript Am B 340 is a manualiter Toccata in D Dorian by Johann Pieterszoon Sweelinck. This Toccata is actually the source for two different pieces. The first piece that is based on this Toccata uses the first 14 bars of this Toccata as a starting point. After those 14 bars the music in this piece differs from the music of Sweelinck. Perhaps this part of the piece (almost 50 bars) was composed anew, or perhaps it was based on yet another model. If someone knows which other piece these 50 bars could be based on I would very much like to hear it. As it is, the piece starts with a slow pace and works gradually to faster passagework. As said already in other posts, Manuscript Am.B. 340, as a source of works by Scheidemann or Sweelick or others, has been called “utterly unreliable”. Nevertheless, I very much like these “utterly unreliable” pieces. If you like this video, make sure to subscribe to this channel. You can support my channel by becoming a YouTube channel member or via BMC: https://buymeacoffee.com/ralphlooij Sample set by Sonus Paradisi: https://www.sonusparadisi.cz/en/organ... Sheet music on Partitura Organum: https://partitura.org/index.php/wilhe...