Bach Organ
Are mutations appropriate in Baroque organ music?
So I’m playing a Bach three part fugue, and in the top voice, I like to use the 2 and two thirds nasat stop on my organ. Were mutations around with bach and are they appropriate in baroque registration?
Mutations were certainly around in the 1600s-1700s. There is no reason to avoid using them. What would be more controversial is the use of equal temperament tuning. Although Bach was a great (maybe the greatest) proponent of equal temperament, most organs would have been tuned to some other specification, most likely mean-tone.
Here are the “odd” stops from the Tangermünde, Germany organ at St. Stephan’s As built by Scherer (Hamburg) in 1622-1624.
I. RückPositiff
Zifelit 1 1/3
Mixtur II-IV
Scharp III-VI
II. OberWercke
Mixtur V-VIII
Scharp III-V
III. OberPositiff
Nasaht 2 2/3
Zimbel III
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