Gottfried August Homilius (1714 - 1785) was a German
composer, cantor and organist. He is considered one of
the most important church composers of the generation
following Bach's, and was the main representative of
the empfindsamer style.
Homilius predominantly composed church music: more than
10 passions (one printed in 1775; his St. Matthew
Passion, particularly outstanding in the preclassical
style of C.P.E. Bach and an extremely worthy successor
of J.S. Bach's best-known work of the...(+)
Gottfried August Homilius (1714 - 1785) was a German
composer, cantor and organist. He is considered one of
the most important church composers of the generation
following Bach's, and was the main representative of
the empfindsamer style.
Homilius predominantly composed church music: more than
10 passions (one printed in 1775; his St. Matthew
Passion, particularly outstanding in the preclassical
style of C.P.E. Bach and an extremely worthy successor
of J.S. Bach's best-known work of the same name, has
been recorded on CD), an oratorio for Christmas (1777)
and one for Easter, over 60 motets, more than 150
cantatas (six arias from these appeared in 1786),
chorales, preludes, and choral works. His students
included eminent composer Daniel Gottlob Türk. See:
List of music students by teacher: G to J#Gottfried
August Homilius. His vocal compositions enjoyed great
popularity through the 19th century, as witnessed by
the large number of copies still extant. A complete
worklist and edition is in preparation at Carus Verlag;
the Homilius-Werkverzeichnis numbers (HoWV) follow the
dissertation of Karl Feld and the new edition of Uwe
Wolf.
Little is known about the Fugue in D Major (BWV 580)
however scholars are convinced it is the not the work
of J. S. Bach and have since attributed the work to
Homilius.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_August_Homiliu
s).
Although originally composed for Organ, I created this
modern interpretation of the Fugue in G Major (BWV 581)
for Concert (Pedal) Harp.
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