but so far the said collection, two marches included in Ut, mi, sol.. and several dozen chorale preludes are the only extant keyboard works by him. Predictably, most pieces show the influence of Pachelbel; however, numerous signs indicate that Buttstett was more than familiar with the north German organ school - both his free (preludes, fantasias) and strict (fugues, ricercars) compositions may feature long virtuosic passages quite unlike Pachelbel's more relaxed writing, but very akin to Dieterich Buxtehude and Nicholas Bruhns. Particularly interesting are the Prelude & Capriccio in D minor of the Musicalische Clavier-Kunst: the prelude begins with a long single-voice monophonic passage filled with pauses, single note exclamations and virtuosic figures, and the Capriccio is fugal, building on a similarly complex subject written out in 32nd- and 16th-notes (and related to the prelude): Musicalische Clavier-Kunst also contains a few dance suites, with obvious French influences and somewhat different from the typical German suite of the time. A particularly interesting fugue by Buttstett is found in the so-called Andreas Bach manuscript. It features an extreme example of a repercussion subject, which includes a leap of a diminished 7th: Repercussion is also used throughout the fugue, sometimes applied to full chords in both hands. Recordings (selection) Johann Heinrich Buttstett - Helga Schauerte-Maubouet at the Silbermann Organ in Rötha (Syrius, 141334), 1998 References Hans Tischler, Willi Apel: The History of Keyboard Music to 1700 (Indiana University Press, 1972), George J. Buelow: "Buttstett, Johann Heinrich", in Grove Music Online, ed. Laura Macy, grovemusic.com (subscription access). External links Scott M. Elsholz. Opening a forgotten cabinet: Johann Heinrich Buttstett’s Musicalische Clavier=Kunst und Vorraths=Kammer (1713) Indiana University, May 2013. 1666 births 1727 deaths 18th-century classical composers 18th-century German composers 18th-century German male musicians 18th-century keyboardists German Baroque composers German classical composers German male classical composers German classical organists German male organists German music theorists Organists and composers in the South German tradition Musicians from Erfurt People from the Electorate of Mainz Male classical organists