Bach, Johann Sebastian - Prelude: "Christus, der uns selig macht" for Woodwind Quartet BWV 620 Flute, Oboe, English Horn & Bassoon |
Composer : | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Flute, Oboe, English Horn & Bassoon1 other version | ||||
Style : | Baroque | ||||
Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
Added by magataganm, 15 Feb 2017 The Orgelbüchlein ("Little Organ Book") BWV 599-644 is a collection of 46 chorale preludes for organ written by Johann Sebastian Bach. All but three of them were composed during the period 1708–1717, while Bach was court organist at the ducal court in Weimar. The remaining three, along with a short two-bar fragment, were added in 1726 or later, after Bach's appointment as cantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. The collection was originally planned as a set of 164 chorale preludes spanning the whole liturgical year. The chorale preludes form the first of Bach's masterpieces for organ with a mature compositional style in marked contrast to his previous compositions for the instrument. Although each of them takes a known Lutheran chorale and adds a motivic accompaniment, Bach explored a wide diversity of forms in the Orgelbüchlein. Many of the chorale preludes are short and in four parts, requiring only a single keyboard and pedal, with an unadorned cantus firmus. Others involve two keyboards and pedal: these include several canons, four ornamental four-part preludes, with elaborately decorated chorale lines, and a single chorale prelude in trio sonata form. The Orgelbüchlein has a four-fold purpose: it is a collection of organ music for church services, a treatise on composition, a religious statement, and an organ-playing manual. This prelude is on the Passiontide hymn “Christus, der uns selig macht” (Christ, who makes us blessed) by Michael Weiße (c. 1488-1534), a German theologian and hymn writer which speaks to the Passion of Christ. Although no longer published in hymnals, his hymn is now most commonly recognized as one of the chorales incorporated into the St. John Passion, BWV 245, by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgelb%C3%BCchlein). Although originally created for Organ, I created this Interpretation of Choral Prelude (BWV 620) "Christus, der uns selig macht" (Christ, who makes us blessed) for Woodwind Quartet (flute, Oboe, English Horn & Bassoon). Sheet central : | Das Orgel-Büchlein (170 sheet music) | |
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