Praeludium d-moll

Johann Christian Kittel (1732-1809) was a German organist and composer. He was one of the last students of Johann Sebastian Bach. His students included Michael Gotthard Fischer and Christian Heinrich Rinck.

Kittel was born and died in Erfurt. He first studied with Jakob Adlung. He moved to Leipzig in 1748 and was a favourite - and last - pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach until his death two years later. He was appointed organist and teacher in Langensalza in 1751, following which he returned to Erfurt as organist of the Barfüßerkirche, in 1756, moving to the Predigerkirche in 1762. He remained in Erfurt for the rest of his life. He played many evening recitals there and was famous and a virtuoso organist; Goethe, Herder, and Wieland all went to hear him play, and he even made a concert tour to Hamburg in 1800.
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This rousing Prelude in D minor certainly shows the virtuosity of Kittel both on the manuals and the pedals. In the score (edited by Pierre Gouin) are many marks to play staccatissimo. It happens that I ignore such a mark for dramatic or accentuation purposes. I used the sample set of the Dreifaltigkeits organ of Ottobeuren. It was a pleasure to play it on such a set with big acoustics and such a powerful pedal part with even a Bomba 16'.