Holy God, We Praise Your Name Uploaded by: arpch01 Composer: Manz, Paul Organ: G. Silbermann Stadtkirche Zöblitz, 1742 Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 91
Aria from Cantata BWV 30 Uploaded by: mersenne Composer: Bach, J. S. Organ: G. Silbermann Stadtkirche Zöblitz, 1742 Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 98
Lohet’s Quinta Fuga (I follow the designation in the original Edition, instead of naming it Fuga Quinta) shows its Renaissance roots more than the previous four. It uses frequent repeated chords, a device we nowadays don’t associate with the contrapuntal style of a fugue. And it uses (again) frequent parallel fifths and octaves. These are either a characteristic for the instrumental music of the period, or Lohet was (in this respect) a very bad composer. Interesting (and for me unexpected) is also the e flat in the bass voice in bar 43 against the d in the alto voice. Perhaps an error in voice leading by Lohet, but it sure results in a colourfull harmony.