Magnificat octavi toni

6 verses on the 'Magnificat octavi toni' by Johann Erasmus Kindermann (29 March 1616 – 14 April 1655), a German Baroque organist and composer. He was the most important composer of the Nuremberg school in the first half of the 17th century.

Of the keyboard music, Harmonia Organica (1645) is the most important collection, not only in the musical sense but also in the history of music printing, as it is perhaps the earliest engraved German music.

The final piece of Harmonia Organica is this Magnificat setting, which begins and ends with a full-fledged improvisatory, free section. Different verses are treated differently: some as cantus firmus in one of the voices, one as a fugue, one as an echo, etc.

- Primus Versus 00:00
- Secundus Versus 02:53
- Tertius Versus 04:29
- Quartus Versus 06:54
- Quintus Versus 08:07
- Sextus Versus (Gloria) 09:21

Enjoy!

Marco