Buxtehude, Dieterich - Choral Prelude: "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" for Horn & Strings BuxWV 189 Cor, Violon, Alto & Violoncelle |
Compositeur : | Buxtehude, Dieterich (1637 - 1707) | ||
Instrumentation : | Cor, Violon, Alto & Violoncelle | ||
Genre : | Baroque | ||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 21 Jui 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 choral “Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ” was the prominent hymn (Hauptlied) for Christmas Day in the Lutherian church in Germany. It is therefore not surprising that all the organ composers of the German Baroque era composed one or more preludes to this hymn. The prelude by Buxtehude is in his familiar style. It has a little surprise at the end: the cantus firmus goes al the way down to G in the lowest octave of the keyboard. Source: AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/chorale-prelude-f or-organ-in-g-major-buxwv-189-gelobet-seist-du-jesu-chr ist-mc0002356620 ). Although originally created for Organ, I created this Interpretation of the Choral Prelude: "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" (BuxWV 189) for French Horn & Strings (Violin, Viola & Cello). |