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== Works ==
== Works ==
Two works on ''Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'' are found in the [[Johann Gottfried Walther|Walther]] manuscripts [[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1]] and [[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2|/2]] with composer "A. K." and "A. Kniller". These are also found in a 8-variation cycle in [[D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1]] also marked "A. Kniller". After style-critical analysis, this eight-variation set was connected with the composer '''Andreas Kneller'''. This remains the only composition from this composer which has survived.
Two works on ''Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'' are found in the [[Johann Gottfried Walther|Walther]] manuscripts [[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1]] and [[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2|/2]] with composer "A. K." and "A. Kniller". These are also found in a 8-variation cycle in [[D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1]] also marked "A. Kniller". After style-critical analysis, this eight-variation set was connected with the composer '''Andreas Kneller'''. This remains the only composition from this composer which has survived.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Surviving works by Andreas Kneller
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! Source !! Text !! Incipit !! Notes !! Ref.
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| [[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1]] p.7-8<br>[[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2]] p.25-26 || [/1:] Nun kom der Heÿden Heÿland. /<br>Vers: i. /<br>A. K.<br>[/2:] Nun kom der Heÿden Heÿland. /<br>A. Kniller. Vers: i. || <score><< \relative g' { \clef bass \key g \minor g2 g f4. g16 a bes2 } \\ \relative g, { r2 r8 g bes g d'4 r4 r8 g g g  } \\ \relative f { f2\rest f4\rest <bes d> <a d> f\rest f\rest <bes d> }>></score> || ||
|-
| [[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1]] p.8-9<br>[[D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2]] p.26 || [/1:] Vers: 2.<br>[/2: no title] || <score><< \relative d' { \clef alto r8 d4 c8 bes4 bes~ bes d g8 g4 fis8 } \\ \relative g { r2 r8 g4 f8 ees4 bes'~ bes a } >></score> || ||
|-
| [[D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1]] || || || ||
|}


In 1907, the two variations in the Walther manuscripts were published by [[Karl Straube]] where he interpreted "A. Kniller", as ''Anton Kniller'', a name which can not be found anywhere in the history of North-German organ music.
In 1907, the two variations in the Walther manuscripts were published by [[Karl Straube]] where he interpreted "A. Kniller", as ''Anton Kniller'', a name which can not be found anywhere in the history of North-German organ music.

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Andreas Kneller (1649-1724; also known as Kneller, Knöller, Knüller, Kniller) was a German organist and composer.

Life

Kneller was born in 1649. From 1667 he was the organist at the Market church in Hannover, and from 1685 at St. Petri, Hamburg. He passed away in 1724.

Works

Two works on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland are found in the Walther manuscripts D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1 and /2 with composer "A. K." and "A. Kniller". These are also found in a 8-variation cycle in D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1 also marked "A. Kniller". After style-critical analysis, this eight-variation set was connected with the composer Andreas Kneller. This remains the only composition from this composer which has survived.

Surviving works by Andreas Kneller
Source Text Incipit Notes Ref.
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1 p.7-8
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2 p.25-26
[/1:] Nun kom der Heÿden Heÿland. /
Vers: i. /
A. K.
[/2:] Nun kom der Heÿden Heÿland. /
A. Kniller. Vers: i.
<< \relative g' { \clef bass \key g \minor g2 g f4. g16 a bes2 } \\ \relative g, { r2 r8 g bes g d'4 r4 r8 g g g  } \\ \relative f { f2\rest f4\rest <bes d> <a d> f\rest f\rest <bes d> }>>
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/1 p.8-9
D-B Mus.ms. 22541/2 p.26
[/1:] Vers: 2.
[/2: no title]
<< \relative d' { \clef alto r8 d4 c8 bes4 bes~ bes d g8 g4 fis8 } \\ \relative g { r2 r8 g4 f8 ees4 bes'~ bes a } >>
D-B Mus.ms. 30439/1

In 1907, the two variations in the Walther manuscripts were published by Karl Straube where he interpreted "A. Kniller", as Anton Kniller, a name which can not be found anywhere in the history of North-German organ music.

References

Beckmann, Klaus, Die Norddeutsche Schule. Teil II: Blütezeit und Verfall. Mainz: Schott, 2009. 210.