5626 four-part canons on the same melody
by Christoph Graupner
(written in appoximately 1730-1735)
First page of the manuscript
This is a web-based recording and engraving of Graupner's canons
created by Erik Carlson.
Links to the original scores:
Book 1 (canons 1 - 763)
Book 2 is considered lost
Book 3 (canons 1905 - 3824)
Book 4 (canons 3825 - 5626)
How many canons are there?
The last numbered canon is 5626.
There are 4590 surviving written canons.
There are 4517 surviving unique canons.
Missing canon numbers
There are no canons with the numbers 63-66, 381-389, 2363, 2756, 2757, 2789, 2838,
4252, 4353-4358, 4777, 5418, or 5606.
Canons 764 - 1904 are considered lost.
Duplicate canon numbers
There are two canons with the numbers 13, 46-49, 354, 366, 411, 574, 3251, 3537,
4454, 4498, 4706, and 4714-4813.
I have indexed the second canon as the Number + 10000.
(For example, the second canon with the number 411 is listed on this site as canon 10411).
Duplicate canon music
There are 73 canons with duplicate pitches and entrances:
[440, 2728] [441, 2736] [443, 2703] [452, 2827] [454, 2819]
[457, 2843] [467, 3068] [469, 3051] [470, 3088] [475, 3183]
[476, 3224] [489, 3407] [490, 3375] [505, 2492] [521, 4415]
[526, 4462] [538, 4534] [542, 4538] [551, 4609] [559, 4640]
[566, 4716] [568, 4737] [572, 4723] [574, 4709] [589, 4350]
[597, 5116] [599, 5118] [607, 5196] [610, 5210] [612, 5200]
[615, 5285] [623, 5292] [625, 5394] [627, 5373] [629, 5366]
[632, 5369] [652, 5528] [664, 5625] [665, 5626] [2239, 2241]
[2400, 2414] [2402, 2416] [2609, 2646] [2888, 2889] [3203, 3208]
[3204, 3209] [3207, 3210] [3356, 3363] [3359, 3364] [3360, 3365]
[3361, 3366] [3462, 3467] [3835, 3852] [4079, 4081] [4101, 4108]
[4235, 4236] [4811, 4812] [14736, 14748] [4958, 4964] [4960, 4965]
[4963, 4966] [5057, 5060] [5093, 5095] [5094, 5097] [5263, 5265]
[5264, 5266] [5509, 5510] [5571, 5575] [5572, 5576] [5573, 5577]
[5574, 5578] [5593, 5597] [5594, 5598]
Other notes
In canons 415 and 417, the first note of the bass is written as Eb when it should be C.
The octave of the bass in canons 3052 and 3078 are ambiguous.
There are second versions of canons 3367-3369 which are crossed out.
The bass of 3592 is not clear to me.
Becuase of how my website is contructed, the bass of canon 3990 is printed in E-flat instead of D-sharp.
In canons 2660 and 4386, the bass drops out after one statement because it would be in unison with the tenor.
There are alternate versions of canons 4770-4772, 4774, and 4776 that are crossed out.
The second canon with the number 4766 (#14766) is the only one with a voice that enters with the soprano.
The delay in the bass in canon 4895 is ambiguous.
I have probably made data entry mistakes. Please let me know if you find an error!
