Ariadne Musica (Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand)
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General Information
| Work Title | |
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| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand |
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| Number of Movements/Sections | 20 |
| Year of First Publication | 1720 |
| Genre | Piece for other keyboards |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | Organ |
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Misc. Comments
Ariadne musica is a collection of organ music by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, first published in 1702. The main part of the collection is a cycle of 20 preludes and fugues in different keys, so Ariadne musica is considered an important precursor to J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, which has a similar structure.
The title refers to the Greek myth in which Theseus is able to find his way out of Minotaur's labyrinth using a ball of thread Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, gave him. Similarly, the music in the collection can be said to guide the listener through a labyrinth of keys. Fischer also used Greek mythology to name the pieces in another large scale music collection of his, Musikalischer Parnassus.
The first edition of Ariadne musica was made in 1702 in Schlackenwerth. The work was reprinted several times during Fischer's life. The original print mentioned by Johann Gottfried Walther in Musicalisches Lexicon is now lost, but a manuscript copy survives.
Contents
20 preludes and fugues:
- Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C-sharp minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in D minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in D major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in E-flat major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in E Phrygian
- Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E Dorian
- Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in F minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in F major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F-sharp minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in G minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in G major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in A-flat major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in A minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in A major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in B-flat major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in B minor
- Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in B major
- Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in C minor
5 ricercars on chorale melodies, each connected with a specific liturgical season:
- Ricercar pro Tempore Adventus, in C major (on Ave Maria klare, for Advent)
- Ricercar pro Festis Natalitys, in C major (on Der Tag der ist so freudenreich, for Christmas)
- Ricercar pro Tempore Quadragesimae, in A minor (on Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, for Lent)
- Ricercar pro Festis Paschalibus, in D minor (on Christ ist erstanden, for Easter)
- Ricercar pro Festis Pentecostalibus, in F major (on Komm, heiliger Geist, for Pentecost)
Recordings not listed in the Amazon section above:
- Serge Schoonbroodt, "Complete Organ Works" of Fischer, Aeolus AE-10321 (2002), in meantone temperament
- Bradley Lehman, "A Joy Forever: Opus 41 at Goshen College", LaripS 1002 (2006), in Bach/Lehman temperament
