Buxtehude, Dieterich - Preambulum & Fugue in A Minor for Pipe Organ BuxWV 158 Orgue seul |
Compositeur : | Buxtehude, Dieterich (1637 - 1707) | ||
Instrumentation : | Orgue seul | ||
Genre : | Baroque | ||
Tonalité : | La mineur | ||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 21 Mai 2018 Dietrich Buxtehude is probably most familiar to modern classical music audiences as the man who inspired the young Johann Sebastian Bach to make a lengthy pilgrimage to Lubeck, Buxtehude's place of employment and residence for most of his life, just to hear Buxtehude play the organ. But Buxtehude was a major figure among German Baroque composers in his own right. Though we do not have copies of much of the work that most impressed his contemporaries, Buxtehude nonetheless left behind a body of vocal and instrumental music which is distinguished by its contrapuntal skill, devotional atmosphere, and raw intensity. He helped develop the form of the church cantata, later perfected by Bach, and he was just as famous a virtuoso on the organ. The word "praeambulum" means the same thing as praeludium and this work is no different than his praeludia. It opens with a free toccata passage followed by two imitative fugal sections and concludes with a segment of free passage work. The two fugues are thematically related, the second fugue subject is a 6/4 version of the common time subject of the first fugue. Historically, Buxtehude's organ music has been studied because of its direct influence on Bach; Buxtehude wrote the first truly idiomatic fugues for the organ and was one of the first to experiment with the structure that Bach later codified into the prelude and fugue. Buxtehude is generally considered the greatest organist between Scheidt and Bach and is regarded as the originator of the German organ toccata. However, in addition to the keyboard music that so impressed his contemporaries, he also wrote some extraordinary works for trios involving the viola da gamba. His vocal works shared the devotion and intellectual rigor of his instrumental work, and were also much admired. Source: AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/praeambulum-for-o rgan-in-a-minor-buxwv-158-mc0002363254). I created this Transcription of the Preambulum & Fugue in A Minor (BuxWV 158) for Pipe Organ. |