 | Buxtehude, Dieterich - Choral Prelude: "Mensch, willt du leben seliglich" for Pipe Organ BuxWV 206 Organ solo |
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| Composer : | Buxtehude, Dieterich (1637 - 1707) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Organ solo | ||
| Style : | Baroque | ||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 27 Sep 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. This is another one of Buxtehude's chorale preludes with the embellished chorale melody appearing in the soprano. The chorale text is about the ten commandments. The first verse reads as follows, "Man if you want to lead a blessed life and remain with God eternally, you should keep the ten commandments that were given us by God." After this introductory first verse the remaining three verses summarize the ten commandments listing them one by one. Buxtehude's setting of the chorale is particularly curious due to a repeated gesture involving a chromatic inflection with a G raised to a G sharp, ornamenting what was simply a G in the chorale melody. Source: AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/chorale-prelude-f or-organ-in-phrygian-mode-buxwv-206-mensch-willt-du-leb en-seliglich-mc0002356595 ). I created this Transcription of the Choral Prelude: "Mensch, willt du leben seliglich" (BuxWV 206) for Pipe Organ (2 Manuals w/Pedals). | |||
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