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Choral-Lieder... mit Variationes — kompozycje Johanna Ephraima Eggerta na carillon kościoła św. Katarzyny w Gdańsku

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Aspekty Muzyki

2011

vol. 1

157-179

A manuscript entitled Choral-Lieder zu dem Glocken-Spiel der Altstädtschen Ober-Pfarr-Kirche zu St. Catharinen ausgesetzt mit Variationes, dated 1784 and containing pieces for the Saint Catherine’s church carillon, is kept in the State Archive in Gdansk. The manuscript contains 260 compositions based on a protestant chorale. They are grouped in two sections entitled Lieder zur ganzen Stunde and Lieder zur halben Stunde, i.e. songs for playing at full and half hours. In all, the manuscript contains 130 three-minute compositions to be played at full hours and 128 ninety-second compositions to be played at half hours. The fi rst part of the manuscript also contains two 15-second quarter-hour preludes. The works were written by Johann Ephraim Eggert, a St. Catherine’s church carillonist. The paper discusses the structure of the compositions. Despite what the title suggests, not all compositions are in the form of variations. Of the 130 pieces designated to be played at full hours, 124 are indeed variations, but there are 5 in the form of chorale prelude, and 1 is a simple monophonic chorale. As for the half hour compositions, about 25% are variations and the remaining ones are chorale preludes. The author of the article presents characteristic features of Eggert’s compositions. Discussing variations, she examines the ways of presenting the themes, texture, variation technique resources, and also types of variations. In the chorale preludes, she focuses on the ways of treatment. The author also points to the fact that the forms of Eggert’s compositions and his use of technical resources result from the carillon’s design.

Gdańsk carillon tablatures

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Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology

2012

issue 11

103-122

The music collections of Gdańsk State Archive include music written for the automatic carillon of Gdańsk Main Town Hall. These are four tablatures with a unique notation system that appears only in Gdańsk sources. The oldest tablature (consisting of four volumes) was produced in the years 1769-1775; two others (one volume each) were copied in 1775 and 1776; the fourth was compiled in the years 1808-1812. The tablatures contain a total of 653 chorale settings. Their author was Theodor Friedrich Giilich, who programmed the Town Hall carillon from 1764 to 1776. The Main Town Hall carillon played the chorales every hour. Two different chorales could be programmed on the carillon drum simultaneously. A longer chorale signalled the passing of an even-numbered hour and a shorter chorale an odd-numbered hour. The chorales were changed every Saturday. The four-volume tablature contains chorale settings for the whole year, settings of funeral hymns and instructions for changing the chorales on the carillon drum and programming chorales for special occasions (such as the arrival of the king, the death of a prominent figure, such as the monarch, the mayor, a city councillor or a councillor’s wife, and elections to the City Council, as well as the opening and closing of St Dominic’s Fair). One of the single-volume tablatures includes Old Lutheran Church songs, another has Reformed Evangelical Church songs, and the fourth tablature contains chorales arranged for successive weeks of the year. This article presents the Gdańsk carillon tablatures and explains the principles behind their musical notation.

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Choral-Lieder... mit Variationes — kompozycje Johanna Ephraima Eggerta na carillon kościoła św. Katarzyny w Gdańsku

Gdańsk carillon tablatures