Harmonische Seelenlust, Part III

Georg Friedrich Kauffmann is best known for the "Harmonische Seelenlust". This work contains all of his known chorale preludes together with figured bass settings for all but one of the used chorale melodies. Even today the "Harmonische Seelenlust" is a rich source of inspiration. Not only does it include every form of choral prelude writing developed in the central German Baroque area, it also has very specific registration indications for each piece. Even though Kauffmann writes in his prefaces that "hat es doch die Meinung nicht dass es absolut so sein müsste" (it does not mean the indications should be absolutely followed) they nevertheless provide an intruiging insight in the way Kauffmann heard these pieces himself. This edition contains, in three parts, all Kauffmann's choral preludes.