Leonhard Kleber Tablature

The tablature of Leonhard Kleber, written in Old German notation, is an expansive collection of both intabulations and original organ music from the early 16th century.

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Overview

At several points in the manuscript, a year is given, sometimes to denote the date of a piece's composition, and at others the date it was added to the compilation. From these, it appears that Kleber's work took place mostly in the first half of the 1520s. The tablature is unique among others of the time for being divided into two halves such that the first contains only manualiter compositions and the second only pedaliter ones.

References

D-B Mus.ms. 40026 Online facsimile: digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de accessed 25 July 2024.

Apel, W. (1967). Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700. Kassel, Bärenreiter Verlag.

Loewenfeld, H. (1897). Leonhard Kleber und sein Orgeltabulaturbuch als Beitrag zur Geschichte der Orgelmusik im beginnenden XVI. Jahrhundert. Doctoral dissertation, Humboldt University, Berlin (then Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin).