To the Homeland | An die Heimat Uploaded by: RBissinger Composer: * My Own Composition Organ: 1925 G.F. Steinmeyer, Berlin, Germany Software: Hauptwerk VII Views: 38
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The melody for this hymn is by Johann Stobaus 1613.
The hymn setting by Adriaan Engels.
The prelude by Willem Vogel; it consists of two parts,
The hymn is played first; after that the double prelude.
Willem Vogel (1920-2010)
was the cantor and organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.
He studied the organ with Albert de Klerk, then the city organist of Haarlem and professor at the Amsterdam Sweelinck-Conservatorium.
He wrote many melodies for the Dutch Hymnals and composed works for organ, orchestra and voices.
He was one of the leading musicians of church music in Holland.
This charming prelude in old style is an example of his art.