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The former includes several autographs, both in German organ tablature and in score. These numerical aspects have attracted some attention from scholars, and are explained variously as a representation of thus making the Passacaglia a liturgical piece, to be played before the , or as astronomical concepts, the four sections referring to the four principal i. It is tantalizing to speculate that the young Bach may actually have heard Buxtehude as he was composing this noble work.
Bach, whose organ preludes, toccatas, and fugues frequently employ similar techniques. Archived from on 2009-01-06. These pieces demonstrate the way in which Bach developed his unique musical style from foundations laid by his predecessors, notably Buxtehude. Euch zum Streit gefasset macht BuxWV Anh.
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This disc is part of a series covering the complete organ music of , the Danish-German composer whom the young walked a few hundred miles to hear. The rising level of interest in is apparent from the fact that there are two such series underway, this one from Denmark's Dacapo label and another on Naxos. In the absence of a single-disc compilation, this is a reasonable disc to pick if you want just one. Its most distinctive feature is the organ used: it is a small instrument in a church in the city of Helsingbørg, 's hometown, which is now part of Sweden. The organ does not have the booming, towering quality often heard in North German organ music on disc, but it brings out the individual lines of the music with startling clarity. Danish organist adjusts her style to match the instrument, taking tempos quickly without fear that the sound will become muddied. Her performances are brisk with plenty of forward drive. The music on the disc consists of short pieces: preludes, toccatas, canzonas and canzonettas the two words in this context denote ancestors of the fugue , and short chorale settings. Later discs in the set will apparently take up longer pieces. The liner notes are confusing to all but specialists, but the disc is worthwhile for its unusual organ sound even for those who already own some of 's organ music.
Dieterich Buxtehude German: ; : Diderich, pronounced ; c. He composed in a wide variety of vocal and single buxtehude idioms, and his style strongly met many composers, including. A well-known piece is BuxWV 146, in the rare key of F-sharp minor; it is believed that this prelude was written by Buxtehude especially for himself and his organ, and that he had an own way of tuning the instrument to allow for the tonality rarely used because of meantone la. The librettos for hisfor example, survive, but none of their scores do, which is particularly unfortunate, because his German oratorios seem to be the model for later works single buxtehude and. Example 2: Fugue subjects from BuxWV 137, BuxWV 140, BuxWV 142 two and BuxWV 153. Da sollte dringen was getan werden, es macht einen schlechten Ersteindruck. Too are also 19 suites and several variation sets. Buxtehude's principal contributions to the organ chorale single buxtehude his 30 short chorale preludes. Both collections were probably created during Buxtehude's lifetime and with his permission. The ornamented cantus firmus in these pieces represents a significant difference between the ; and his custodes would almost always leave the chorale melody unornamented. Scholars dispute both the year and country of his birth, although most now accept it taking place in 1637, in Helsingborg, Skåne, at the time part of.