Not Renewing My Internet Domain - www.mchemnitz.com

I will not be renewing my Internet domain, www.mchemnitz.com, so the MP3 links will not work anymore. I will be uploading the hymns via my Vimeo account.

E.M. Skinner Organ Now In My Line-up

I purchased a 1928 E.M. Skinner Grand Organ sample for my Hauptwerk program. The organ sound samples come from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Chicago, IL.

http://www.milandigitalaudio.com/skinner.htm

Here some demos here: http://www.milandigitalaudio.com/skinner-demos-wet.htm.

St. Anne's Moseley Organ MIDI Note Stop Configuration

The stops on the St. Anne's Moseley organ are controlled by different MIDI notes as follows. The only one I could not find a MIDI note for is the Great and Pedal Pistons Coupled.


HauptwerkStAnnesMoseleyTemplateStopConfig.xls
HauptwerkStAnnesMoseleyTemplateStopConfig.nwc
HauptwerkStAnnesMoseleyTemplateStopConfig.pdf

IK Multimedia CSR Studio Reverb Unit Applies Better Reverb

The first two recordings I produced, hymn 603 and 263, from The Lutheran Hymnal (1941) were made using a cheap reverb unit that came with Music Creator 5, but I now have a more expensive reverb program, IK Multimedia's CSR Studio Reverb, that came with Notion 3 (a music notation program) that I figured out how to install. The first recording to use this better reverb unit was hymn 140. I will try to redo 603 and 263 when I get a chance.

The Lutheran Hymnal (1941) - Hymn 140 - Jesus, I Will Ponder Now

"Jesus, I Will Ponder Now"

1. Jesus, I will ponder now
On Thy holy Passion;
With Thy Spirit me endow
For such meditation.
Grant that I in love and faith
May the image cherish
Of Thy suffering, pain, and death,
That I may not perish.

2. Make me see Thy great distress,
Anguish, and affliction,
Bonds and stripes and wretchedness
And Thy crucifixion;
Make me see how scourge and rod,
Spear and nails, did wound Thee,
How for man Thou diedst, O God,
Who with thorns had crowned Thee.

3. Yet, O Lord, not thus alone
Make me see Thy Passion,
But its cause to me make known
And its termination.
Ah! I also and my sin
Wrought Thy deep affliction;
This indeed the cause hath been
Of Thy crucifixion.

4. Grant that I Thy Passion view
With repentant grieving
Nor Thee crucify anew
By unholy living.
How could I refuse to shun
Every sinful pleasure
Since for me God's only Son
Suffered without measure?

5. If my sins give me alarm
And my conscience grieve me,
Let Thy cross my fear disarm,
Peace of conscience give me.
Grant that I may trust in Thee
And Thy holy Passion.
If His Son so loveth me,
God must have compassion.

6. Grant that I may willingly
Bear with Thee my crosses,
Learning humbleness of Thee,
Peace mid pain and losses.
May I give Thee love for love!
Hear me, O my Savior,
That I may in heaven above
Sing Thy praise forever.

Hymn #140 The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Luke 18: 31-34
Author: Sigismund v. Birken, 1653
Translated by: August Crull, 1923, alt.
Titled: "Jesu, deine Passion"
Composer: Melchior Vulpius, 1609
Tune: "Jesu Kreuz, Leiden und Pein"

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TLH - Hymn 140 (Version 1) MP3
TLH - Hymn 140 (Version 1) NWC


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Stops Used for Prelude
SWELL
Piccolo 2'
Salicet 4'
Geigen Principal 8'

Stops Used for Verses 1 & 2
GREAT
Fifteenth 2'
Principal 4'
GreatOpen Diapason Large 8'
Open Diapason Small 8'

PEDAL
Open Diapason 16'
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'

Stops Used for Verses 3 & 4
SWELL:
Piccolo 2'
Salicet 4'
Geigen Principal 8'
Lieblich Bourdon 16'

GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Principal 4'
GreatOpen Diapason Large 8'
Open Diapason Small 8'

PEDAL:
Open Diapason 16'
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'

COUPLERS:
Swell Sub-Octave.

Stops Used for Verse 5
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Principal 4'
GreatOpen Diapason Large 8'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Mixture IV ranks

Stops Used for Verse 6
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Principal 4'
GreatOpen Diapason Large 8'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Mixture IV ranks

PEDAL:
Open Diapason 16'
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'

COUPLERS:
Great to Pedal

Taking Some Time To Read Up On Organ Registration

I'm taking some time to read this book on organ registration, but will try to post some music soon.

My Hauptwerk Setup

 The pipe organ music you find on this blog was produced using a VSTi (Virtual Studio Technology instrument) called Hauptwerk. Here is a view of what the console looks like when open in Cakewalk Music Creator 5.

I open Hauptwerk in my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), Cakewalk Music Creator, in order to apply reverbation to the sound and give it some ambience, otherwise the sound is very "dry."

In order to control the console and make it play music I use Noteworthy Composer 2. Each staff in Noteworthy is tied to the manuals and pedal. The swell manual is on MIDI channel 3, great manual is on MIDI channel 2, and the pedal board is on MIDI channel 1.

The MIDI interface between Hauptwerk and Noteworthy is MIDI Yoke. In Noteworthy I changed the staff properties to use MIDI Yoke as the playback device so the information gets routed to the organ.

The MIDI channels on the VSTi must correspond to the same ones used on the individual staves in Noteworthy.

Here is the list of all the channels on the organ with their corresponding staves on Noteworthy.

Staff Name	MIDI Channel	MIDI Yoke In	MIDI Yoke Out
Swell I	3	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Swell II	3	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Great I	2	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Great II	2	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Pedal	1	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Swell Stops I	10	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Swell Stops II	10	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Great Stops I	9	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Great Stops II	9	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Pedal Stops I	8	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy
Pedal Stops II	8	Hauptwerk <-- In From MIDI Yoke: 1 -->	<-- Out to MIDI Yoke: 1 --> Noteworthy

The stops on the organ are also controlled by different MIDI notes, but I will cover that in separate post.

The Lutheran Hymnal (1941) - Hymn 263 - O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe

"O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe"

1. O little flock, fear not the Foe
Who madly seeks your overthrow;
Dread not his rage and power.
What though your courage sometimes faints,
His seeming triumph o'er God's saints
Lasts but a little hour.

2. Be of good cheer; your cause belongs
To Him who can avenge your wrongs;
Leave it to Him, our Lord.
Though hidden yet from mortal eyes,
His Gideon shall for you arise,
Uphold you and His Word.

3. As true as God's own Word is true.
Not earth nor hell with all their crew
Against us shall prevail.
A jest and byword are they grown;
God is with us, we are His own;
Our victory cannot fail.

4. Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer;
Great Captain, now Thine arm make bare,
Fight for us once again!
So shall Thy saints and martyrs raise
A mighty chorus to Thy praise,
World without end. Amen.

Hymn #263 The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Luke 12:32
Author: Johann M. Altenburg, 1632, asc., ab.
Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1855, alt.
Titled: "Verzage nicht, du Haeuflein klein"
Tune: "Kommt her zu mir"
Melody: German, c. 1400

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TLH - Hymn 263 (Version 1) MP3
TLH - Hymn 263 (Version 1) NWC

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Stops Used for Prelude
SWELL:
Clarinet 8'
Geigen Principal 8'
Salicet 4'

Verse 1
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'

Stops Used for Verse 2
SWELL:
Clarinet 8'
Geigen Principal 8'
Salicet 4'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'
Swell to Pedal

Stops Used for Verse 3
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'

Stops Used for Verse 4
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'
Trumpet 8'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'
Swell to Pedal

Input From Experienced Organists Welcome!

If you are an experienced organist/musician please feel free to make recommendations on how my pipe organ recordings could be improved by using different stop combinations and composing better preludes. I am not an organist myself and have only a very basic knowledge of music, so anything I put out is going to be very simple, but hopefully that will change with time as I learn more.

In order to view the scores I put together you will need the the Noteworthy Composer Viewer which can be downloaded for free here. If you want to the ability to edit the .NWC files you will need to buy the notation program Noteworthy Composer 2, which is only $49.00. There are much more expensive notation programs like Sibelius 6, but I've found Noteworthy to be sufficient for my needs.

My e-mail address is in my Blogger profile if you want to send me an e-mail.

The Lutheran Hymnal (1941) - Hymn 603 - In The Resurrection

Concordia Publishing House owns the copyright on the lyrics for this hymn and I do not have permission to post them. The tune however is in the public domain according to this website:
http://www.cph.org/t-copyrights-tlh.aspx.

Hymn #603
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Job 19:25-27
Author unknown
Tr., John Bajus, 1939
Tune: "Resurrection"
Melody: Slovakian melody, c. 1600
Meter: 6.6.3.3.10.10.3.3.7.

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TLH - Hymn 603 (Version 2) MP3
TLH - Hymn 603 (Version 2) NWC

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Stops used for this hymn on St. Anne's Moseley (Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ) are as follows.

Stops Used for Prelude
SWELL:
Salicet 4'
Geigen Principal 8'
Piccolo 2'

Stops Used for Verses 1-4
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'

St. Anne's Moseley Organ Stop List

The stops on my virtual pipe organ, St. Anne's Moseley, are as follows. I will post what stops I use with each hymn I record.

The Organ Specification
http://www.hauptwerk.com/clientuploads/documentation/PDF/StAnnesOrganInfo.pdf
The organ of St. Anne's, Moseley, Birmingham, England, is a 1907 two-manual Brindley and Foster instrument with the following specification:

SWELL:
Lieblich Bourdon 16' (wood, Brindley).
Geigen Principal 8' (metal, Brindley).
Salicet 4' (metal, Brindley).
Rohr Flute 8' (wood, Brindley).
Flauto Magico 4' (wood, Brindley).
Gamba 8' (metal, Brindley).
Voix Celeste 8' (metal, Brindley).
Piccolo 2' (metal, Brindley).
Mixture III ranks (metal, Nicholson).
Clarinet 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Trumpet 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Oboe 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Contra Fagotto 16' (metal, Brindley and Nicholson).
Tremulant

GREAT:
Open Diapason Large 8' (metal, Brindley).
Open Diapason Small 8' (metal, Lewis).
Dulciana 8' (metal, Lewis).
Lieblich Gedact 8' (wood, Lewis).
Principal 4' (metal, Lewis).
Clear Flute 4' (metal, Brindley).
Fifteenth 2' (metal, Brindley).
Mixture IV ranks (metal, Nicholson).
Trumpet 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Clarion 4' (metal, Nicholson).

PEDAL:
Open Diapason 16' (wood, Brindley and Schultz).
Echo Bass 16 (wood, Brindley).
Sub-Bass 16' (wood, Brindley).
Principal 8' (wood and metal, Schultz and Nicholson).
Bass Flute 8' (wood, Brindley).
Fifteenth 4' (metal, Nicholson).
Trombone 16' (metal, Nicholson).

COUPLERS:
Swell Octave.
Swell Sub-Octave.
Swell Unison Off.
Swell to Great.
Swell to Pedal.
Great to Pedal.
Swell Octave to Great.
Swell Sub-Octave to Great.
Great and Pedal Pistons Coupled.

ACCESSORIES:
5 Thumb pistons to Swell, adjustable.
5 Thumb pistons to Great, adjustable.
Reversible Swell to Great. Reversible
Great to Pedal. 5 Toe pedals to Swell, adjustable.
Reversible Toe pedal Great to Pedal.
Balanced Swell pedal.

The following have been added for the Hauptwerk virtual model of the instrument:
ACCESSORIES:
40-stage Crescendo, adjustable.
General Cancel. Setter piston.
FF piston, adjustable.
PP piston, adjustable.

COUPLERS:
Swell to Great Melody.
Pedal to Great Bass.
Crescendo on Swell.
Crescendo on Great.
Crescendo on Pedal.

Providing Pipe Organ Hymn Recordings

The purpose of this blog is to provide hymn recordings made on the Hauptwerk (http://www.hauptwerk.com/) virtual pipe organ. I am not an organist or experienced musician, but I love music, especially on the pipe organ so I put this simple blog together to post my creations in the hope other Christians would be edified by them as well.

Since I am not an experienced organist or musician I will post the Noteworthy Composer (.nwc) file along with the PDF of the sheet music I arranged for the organ, so if anyone who has more experience playing the organ wants to suggest changes they can send me an e-mail, which is posted on my Blogger profile.