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| Composer : | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Organ solo56 other versions | ||||
| Style : | Baroque | ||||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 16 Aug 2016 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. In these chorale preludes, the traditional Lutheran hymns are subjected to various types of polyphonic treatment, with different types of countersubjects and imitative devices. This is the penultimate work in the Glaubenslieder (Songs of Faith), the closing section of Bach's early and important collection of Chorale Preludes (45) making up the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book). The Glaubenslieder works are based on chorales whose texts come from a variety of religious subjects and therefore differ from the first 33 in the Orgelbüchlein, whose chorale themes are all related in subject matter to Lutheran feast days. Bach wrote these works when he served as the court organist for the Duke of Sachsen-Weimar from 1708-1717, a period during which he wrote a vast number of organ works. In "Alle Menschen müssen sterben" (All Men Must Die), Bach presents a theme not even remotely as gloomy or morbid as the work's title might suggest. The melody, in fact, is actually joyous and serene, apparently expressing the Christian view that death is the portal to eternal salvation, to a life of eternal happiness in heaven. As usual, Bach invests the work with deft contrapuntal writing, which in this case enlivens the stately and deliberate gait of the chorale theme and also enhances its sense of serenity. This chorale prelude lasts a bit longer than a minute-and-a-half and will appeal to Baroque and organ music enthusiasts. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgelb%C3%BCchlein). I created this Transcription of the Choral Prelude (BWV 643) "Alle Menschen müssen sterben" (All Men Must Die) for Pipe Organ with the Organ Registration assistance of Bernard Greenberg (user: https://musescore.com/user/1831606). Sheet central : | Das Orgel-Büchlein (167 sheet music) | | |||
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