Murschhauser: Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum / Manfrè

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
April 21, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser
    • PERFORMER
      Silva Manfre
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 21, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421967073
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96707
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Intonatio primi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    2. Praeambulum primi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    3. Fuga prima primi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    4. Fuga secunda primi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    5. Fuga finalis primi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    6. Praeambulum primi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    7. Praeambulum secundi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    8. Fuga secundi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    9. Praeambulum aliud secundi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    10. Fuga alia secundi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    11. Fuga secundi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    12. Arpeggiata overo toccata secundi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    13. Praeambulum tertii toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    14. Fuga tertii toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    15. Fuga brevissima tertii toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    16. Praeambulum tertii toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    17. Praeambulum brevissimum tertii toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    18. Fuga tertii toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    19. Finale septimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    20. Fuga prima septimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    21. Praeambulum septimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    22. Fuga secunda septimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    23. Intonatio octavi toni cum, pedali ad libitum

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    24. Praeambulum octavi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    25. Fuga prima octavi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    26. Fuga secunda octavi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    27. Toccata arpeggiata octavi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    28. Praeambulum decimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    29. Fuga decimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    30. Praeambulum decimi toni cum pedali ad libitum

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    31. Fuga decimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    32. Finale decimi toni cum pedali ad libitum

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    33. Toccata pro pedali undecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    34. Fuga brevis undecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    35. Fuga sive canzon prima undecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    36. Fuga sive canzon secunda undecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    37. Praeambulum undecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    38. Toccata arpeggiata brevis undecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    39. Praeambulum duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    40. Fuga primi duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    41. Fuga secunda duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    42. Fuga tertia duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    43. Fuga quarta duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    44. Toccata duodecimi toni cum pedali ad libitum

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    45. Toccata duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè

    46. Toccata duodecimi toni

      Composer: Franz Xaver Murschhauser

      Performer: Silva Manfrè


Franz Xaver Murschhauser was born in the summer of 1663. In 1676 Murschhauser joined the choir and orchestra of St Peter’s, where he benefited first from the tuition he received from the church’s choir director Sigmund Auer and later, from 1684 to 1693, from the Court Kapellmeister Johann Kaspar Kerll, which left a lasting impression on him. In July 1690, most probably on the recommendation of his teacher Johann Kaspar Kerll, Murschhauser was asked to stand in for the choirmaster of the Munich Frauenkirche, Ludwig Hölz, who was indisposed owing to illness. After the latter’s death in 1691, Murschhauser became his successor, holding the position for the remainder of his life.

The Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum (which might be translated as ‘Prototypes for organ pieces, long and short’) was published in two parts in Nuremberg in 1703 and 1707 and contains eight cycles/sections totalling 46 compositions, comprising varying numbers of intonations, praeambulae, fugues, canzonas, toccatas and finales designed as preludes or postludes to figural music. In 20 of the more extensive numbers, Murschhauser indicates cuts as an aid for organists in liturgical use, if needed. It is precisely these sorts of adaptations of the musical material offered by the composer himself to suit the time available in liturgical performance that make the Prototypon such a practical and relevant work, right down to our own times.

The intonations are made up of figures, broken chords and passages over a pedal point, deliberately kept free of any imitative interplay. The praeambulae consist either of motivic figurations with imitative passages and pedal points somewhat reminiscent of the style of Johann Pachelbel, or they are more akin to the old Italian toccata in their alternation of chord successions and scales. By contrast, the two toccate arpeggiate, with their full-voiced chordal writing and harmonic richness, point to the Overture in the French style which, at this time, was finding its way into southern German music primarily through the work of Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer. In his edition of the Prototypon (housed in Vol. 18 of Monuments of Musical Art in Bavaria), Max Seiffert writes: ‘In all these pieces, Murschhauser demonstrates a remarkable creative power and contrapuntal skill’.

In this respect, the Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum by Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser remains an important record of musical and organ performance in the southern German Early Baroque, and one that can still offer a valuable service to the organists of today.