Organ Compositions, Preludes, Preambles, Fantasias - Josef Seger (edited by Pavel Kohout)
Josef Seger (1716 - 1782) was considered one of the best organ virtuosos and improvisers in the mid-18th century. He focused mainly on church music, and took special interest in organ compositions. He was also a recognized and sought-after pedagogue; among his numerous students can be found the names of many significant Czech composers and organists, such as František Xaver Brixi, Josef Mysliveček, Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Jan Evangelista Koželuh and Jan Křtitel Kuchař.
The source for the new publication of Josef Seger's organ compositions is the manuscript stored at Leipzig Municipal Library. The document is probably the oldest preserved transcription of Seger's organ music. We have singled out several representative pieces from the total number of preludes, preambles and fantasias and, while leaving the original order of the pieces intact. The location of the compositions neither in the Leipzig source nor in any other comparative sources sufficed as a basis for the completion of the free forms and the fugues; in all likelihood, however, they were not performed like that anyway.
Other compositions by Josef Seger published in Czech Radio:
Organ Compositions, Fugues
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