Pachelbel - Fugue in D minor, P.154 (piano transcription)
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Another great suggestion by @radnoll - thank you! In this fugue Pachelbel daringly uses the descending chromatic scale alone as the subject. By doing without a countersubject, a greater freedom to explore various harmony and counterpoint possibilities is gained.
The original work is for organ and is written in 2 manuals, but the huge intervals in the last line imply the bass is to be played on the pedalboard. In my transcription I've added (optional) octaves to this passage. The actual key signature is used following conventional practice.
I forgot to set the temperament back to Werckmeister as I've been playing many genres lately. This recording is in equal temperament.
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Fugue in D minor, P.154 by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Arr.: Ruoshi Sun (2024)
Piano: Ruoshi Sun (2024) on CLP-785
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Links
Score download: imslp.org/wiki/...
The piano transcription of this elegant fugue by Pachelbel will hopefully help to make this great composer better known outside the organ enthusiast scene. Unfortunately, many "normal" music lovers only know his famous Canon in D (P 37). Yet Pachelbel created numerous fascinating organ works which deserve more general attention, especially as he indirectly acted as a great musical role model for the young Johann Sebastian as the teacher of J.S. Bach's elder brother Johann Christoph.
Extraordinary! I hadn't the slightest idea there were fugues so elaborate and evolved that early! I would be most thankful if you could recommend (some of those) organ compositions by Pachelbel you mention.
@@andreasisenberg8700 Thank you for your interest in the music of Johann Pachelbel. There are some compilations of his best-known organ works on CZcams. A relatively good realization of such a "best-of" selection is offered by Werner Jacob in a production on the ERATO label, although I still find some of the interpretations too fast or too bombastic. Here is the playlist:
czcams.com/video/CuLcw1evOdQ/video.html
Pachelbel's most famous organ works include, for example, the two Ciaconas (or Chaconne) in F minor (P. 43) and D minor (P. 41), which would also lend themselves well to a calm synthesizer adaptation, which you prefer on your CZcams channel.
@@radnoll Thank you very much for your advice!
@@radnoll Thank you very much for your kind answer. Thanks to you, Pachelbel has become a major discovery for me. I've already started to record two of his pieces (in my peculiar style, of course...). Furthermore, I am eager to check out his Magnificat fugues. Bärenreiter has two whole fascicles dedicated to his "manualiter" only works (!). Again, I am flabbergasted Pachelbel composed such perfect fugues about half a century earlier than J.S. Bach, Händel and some others. Reminds me of Jan Zelenka whose splendid sacred music sounds a lot like Mozart or Haydn, but half a century before them. A last question: Would you know more about the ancient form of "Ricercar(e)" or where I could learn more about this? Thank you very much for your advice!
@@andreasisenberg8700 Thank you for your interest in Pachelbel's organ music, which really deserves more attention. Regarding your question about the ricercare, this type of composition was still quite variable in the 16th century, but developed into a preliminary form of the baroque fugue in the 17th century. A generation before Pachelbel, Johann Ulrich Steigleder, for example, published a collection of 12 ricercari, which was also ahead of its time. The sheet music can be found on IMSLP and a beautiful recording can be heard in the following video:
czcams.com/video/nap39kRC-48/video.htmlsi=UrfC1KgxqMd9YfTX
This piece is super valuable in learning baroque Improvisationen. The lamento base and the diminuations ... Wonderfully played. Just tried it on organ with different registration on each manual and the pedal to hilight the different voices... Great sound.
On piano I find it an amazing fugue, more so than on an original instrument. With other fugues I prefer organ and others harpischord.
This is just hauntingly beautiful. Thank you.
As always, very well done - Thank you!
thanks!
woooow what a nice theme!!!!❤
Beautiful!❤
こんばんはRuoshi さん♪ Pachelbel のFugue とても美しかったです☺️💞
Mr.Ruoshi Sun, you are doing a really good job by popularizing the classics, BUT when or how long ago did you make this arrangement (before dating it to 2024), if it's not a secret, and how comes that it was published ~20 years ago note to note in prints and ~10 years ago in digits?;)
I received @radnoll's suggestion last week and I worked on it over the last few days, so the date is correct. I'm not aware of publications on this piece other than the ones on IMSLP. I wouldn't be surprised if there exists other piano transcriptions that are largely similar, since the vast majority of the piece should be identical to the original manuscript. I did make some personal edits in the last few bars, however, to take into account of the pedalboard. If you could point me to the editions from "20 years ago" and "10 years ago" that you're referring to I'll be happy to take a look.
Yes, this statement by Ruoshi Sun is completely correct. I pointed this piece out to him only last week as a possible stylistic model for BWV 588, because Bach probably got to know the work through his brother, who was a pupil of Pachelbel.
it could also finish at A major