Johann Christoph Oley

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Born: May/June 1748 (baptised: June 3, 1738) - Bernburg, Germany Died: January 20, 1789 - Aschersleben, Germany Johann Christoph Oley was a German organist and composer. There is some evidence that he studied with J.S. Bach for a short time in 1749, but none connecting him with the Thomasschule. In 1755 he became organist of the church in Bernburg, but moved to the church of St Stephan in neighbouring Aschersleben in January 1762 because of its superior organ. To augment his salary he assumed the duties of assistant schoolmaster as well. Contemporaries praised Johann Christoph Oley’s skill on the keyboard and organ, and his compositions attracted some interest. His organ writing reminded Johann Friedrich Agricola, another Bach pupil, of the glories of an earlier age. J. Beckmann, in a review of 1778, criticized carelessness in his harmony, giving credence perhaps to Gerber’s statement that in the main Oley was self-taught. Bach’s personal influence was probably insignificant: Emery has suggested that certain details in the copies of Bach’s music that Oley made on his return to Bernburg, and later, reveal an unfamiliarity with his practice. Sietz mentioned some manuscript works by Oley in a private collection in Dessau, but only a set of 14 keyboard variations (published in Nuremberg, n.d) and the four-volume Variirte Choräle (Quedlinburg, 1773-1792) seem to be extant. The latter work contains 77 settings for organ solo (10 ed. W. Emery, London, 1958 and 1964; others ed. W.

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Organ Music - Buxtehude, D. / Krebs, J. / Oley, J. / Hanff, J. / Bruhns, N.

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Oley: Orgelwerke

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Baroque! - A Collection of Baroque Gems From the Delos Catalog

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Archipelago -The Mid 18th Century Organ of Uto

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Skargardsorgel

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Het Historische Orgel in Nederland - CD 9

Orgelwerke

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Johann Christoph Oley Orgelwerke

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Sonáty a chorály pro trubku a varhany

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Onbekend album (7-4-2008 17:08:50)

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Bach, Buxtehude & Friends

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Historische Orgeln aus 4 Jahrhunderten

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