Klengel's Canons and Fugues

[swilliams002]

I just wanted to see if anyone else has heard these little contrapuntal pieces by August Stephan Alexander Klengel (1783-1852), a student of Clementi.

History and recordings of Klengel's Canons and Fugues: https://august-klengel.8sf.de/en/
Wiki page for Klengel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Alexander_Klengel

Some of them seem quite wonderful to me, and I'm surprised to have never heard of Klengel prior to a few days ago. I especially recommend the C# minor and the Gb/F# major of Book 1. I haven't listened to Book 2 yet. I can't tell if those recordings are done by a real person... they sound computer generated to me, and usually too fast.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

When I search for him, the only thing I seem to find is this Piano Trio:

Unfortunately, the vast majority of piano composers and compositions from before the contemporary era have been long forgotten or simply lost to time.

[swilliams002]

Yeah, I haven't listened to much of his chamber music. He's mostly known today (by the few who know him) for his canons and fugues. From what I've heard so far they are quite good. He was a student of Clementi, who also has some great canons and fugues (albeit not nearly as many as Klengel).