Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (1666 – 1734) was a German
organist and composer. He was born in Herschdorf, in
present-day Thuringia. He first studied music with
Georg Caspar Wecker in Nuremberg and was a student at
the Rudolstadt Gymnasium from 1683 to 1688. He then
moved to Erfurt to study with Johann Pachelbel,
succeeding him as organist of the Predigerkirche when
he left for Stuttgart in 1690; during this time, he may
have attended the University of Erfurt. He was
succeeded by J.H. Buttstedt in J...(+)
Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (1666 – 1734) was a German
organist and composer. He was born in Herschdorf, in
present-day Thuringia. He first studied music with
Georg Caspar Wecker in Nuremberg and was a student at
the Rudolstadt Gymnasium from 1683 to 1688. He then
moved to Erfurt to study with Johann Pachelbel,
succeeding him as organist of the Predigerkirche when
he left for Stuttgart in 1690; during this time, he may
have attended the University of Erfurt. He was
succeeded by J.H. Buttstedt in July 1691, when he went
to Rudolstadt to take up a position as castle organist;
he was later honoured with the appointments of
Government Advocate, Church Procurator and Master Over
The Page Boys.
His surviving compositions are now few, since World War
II led to the destruction of all his free organ
compositions and a work for chorus and orchestra
entitled Zum frohen Empfang Grossherzogs Carl Fürsten
Primas. The manuscript Mus.40035 of the Deutsche
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, gave his name as the composer
of variations eight and three of the organ partita on
Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr, BWV 771, once
attributed to J. S. Bach; he may have been the composer
of all seventeen verses. His surviving organ works,
which are chorale settings in the tradition of the
South German school, appear in the modern editions
Orgelchoräle um Joh. Seb. Bach, ed. G. Frotscher
(Leipzig, 1937), and Andreas Nicolaus Vetter
(1666–1734): Koraalbewerkingen, ed. E. Kooiman
(Hilversum, 1989). The manuscripts of many of these
works were also lost in World War II.
This work was formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian
Bach as BWV 771
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Vetter).
Although originally written for Pipe Organ, I created
this Interpretation of the Variation VIII of the
Chorale Partita (BWV 771 No. 8) "Allein Gott in der
Höh' sei Ehr'" (To God alone on high be glory) for
Woodwind Quartet (Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet &
Bassoon).
