Linzer Orgeltabulatur Explained
The Linzer Orgeltabulatur is an emblematic organ tablature of the early baroque era. Compiled in Linz, Austria, between 1611 and 1613, it is presently held by the Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum in this same city (catalogue no. 9647, MusHS. 3).
Its music
Its remarkable feature is its musical content, which, as opposed to most of the organ books of its time, is not meant to be performed in the church, but rather in a secular, domestic setting. Indeed, the names of the pieces refer to folk or court dances pertaining to the national traditions of Germany (Tantz, Danz Beurlin), of France (Brandle, Curanta Francesca), of Italy (Paduana, Pergamasco), and of England (Englischer Aufzug). It appears that most of these dances were intended for the regal, a small reed-organ fashionable in homes during the Renaissance and early Baroque, rather than for church organs.
Title list
The Linzer organ tablature contains 108 titles, 43 of which were transcribed and published in 1998 (see References). The titles appearing in the printed edition are the following :
- Padoana
- Madrigale Songuesti crespicrimè guesti il
- Tantz
- Dantz Hausmanni
- Cupido
- Tantz
- Pergamasco
- Englossa
- Danntz "Zur muetter sprach das Töchterlein"
- Brandle
- Tantz
- Curanta Francesca
- Intrada
- Paduana
- Tantz
- Intrada Landgraf Boriz
- Danz Beurlin
- Intrada
- Neuer Danz
- Neuer Picklhäring
- Französisch Tannz
- Paduoan
- Auf mein Gsang
- Intrada
- Gar fest ist mir mein herz enzündt
- Tannz "Jesu Du zartes Lämblein"
- Paduana
- Tantz
- Paduana
- Galliarda
- Ach wehe dem herzen mein
- Fortuna weil unmöglich ist
- Balletta Marcury
- Neuer Tanz "Pickelhäring"
- Englischer Aufzug
- Ein festes Tänzlein
- Mein trauern ach Gott ist ohne Endt
- Curanta
- Tantz
- Ach Lieb in Laidt
- Intrada
- Mein Hertz ist in der Lieb entzündth
- Mit Seufzen und mit Klagen
- Dantz
- Es flog ein keines Waldvögelein
- Sol dann die Treue mein
- Pergamasco
References
- Schierning, Lydia. Die Überlieferung der deutschen Orgel-und Klaviermusik aus der ersten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1961, p. 110–11.
- Linzer Orgeltabulatur. Selections (Diletto musicale, Nr. 1273.), edited by Sabine und Siegfried Petri. Vienna: Doblinger, 1998.
