Ich gieng einmal spatieren November 7, 2008
Posted by Tom Moore in : Uncategorized , trackback
You probably know and love the Aria with 30 Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach, known affectionately as the Goldbergs. Perhaps you will also enjoy the 31 variations on Ich gieng einmal spazieren by Hans Leo Hassler, another Protestant organist and composer born 121 years before the Leipzig master. Hassler’s set of variations was by far the most extensive set of variations composed in his day (lasting almost 45 minutes!), and is based on a tune that was familiar and popular throughout Europe, known as La Monica in Italy, and used with a chorale text, Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, in Lutheran Europe.
The Music Library has just received a fine recording of this work by Leon Berben, who uses the 1561 Franciscus Patavinus harpsichord of the Deutsches Museum in Munich. If you are an early music lover or harpsichord fan, don’t miss this one.
Hassler Ich gieng einmal spatieren CD 16785
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