Bach, J.S.: Das Orgelbuchlein, Vol. 1

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Cat No: 8553031

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 730099403122

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BACH, J.S.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)Orgelb??chlein TheLittle Organ Book Volume I Fugue in B Minor, BWV 579 Advent Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599 Gott, durch deine G??te, BWV 600 Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottessohn, BWV 601 Lob sei dem allmachtigen Gott, BWV 602 Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 531Christmas Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603 Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604 Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605 Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 606 Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar, BWV 607 In dulci jubilo, BWV 608 Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 609 Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610 Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611 Wir Christenleut', BWV 612 Prelude in G Major, BWV 568The New Year Helft mir Gottes G??te preisen, BWV613 Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 Fantasia in C Major, BWV 570 The Purification Mit Fried', und Freud' ich fahr'dahin, BWV 616 Herr Gott, nun schleu?ƒ den Himmelauf, BWV 617 Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 534Johann Sebastian Bach was a member ofa family that had for generations been occupied in music. His sons were to continue thetradition, providing the foundation of a new style of music that prevailed in the laterpart of the eighteenth century. Johann Sebastian Bach himself represented the end of anage, the culmination of the Baroque in a magnificent synthesis of Italian melodicinvention, French rhythmic dance forms and German contrapuntal mastery.Born in Eisenach in 1685, Bach waseducated largely by his eldest brother, after the early death of his parents. At the ageof eighteen he embarked on his career as a musician, serving first as a court musician atWeimar, before appointment as organist at Arnstadt. Four years later he moved toM??hlhausen as organist and the following year became organist and chamber musician toDuke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar. Securing his release with difficulty, in 1717 he wasappointed Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen and remained at Cothen until1723, when he moved to Leipzig as Cantor at the School of St. Thomas, with responsibilityfor the music of the five principal city churches. Bach was to remain in Leipzig until hisdeath in 1750.As a craftsman obliged to fulfil theterms of his employment, Bach provided music suited to his various appointments. It wasnatural that his earlier work as an organist and something of an expert on theconstruction of organs, should result in music for that instrument. At Cothen, where thePietist leanings of the court made church music unnecessary, he provided a quantity ofinstrumental music for the court orchestra and its players. In Leipzig he began bycomposing series of cantatas for the church year, later turning his attention toinstrumental music for the Collegium musicum ofthe University, and to the collection and ordering of his own compositions.The Orgelb??chleinor Little Organ Book includes chorale preludes for the church year and writtenduring Bach's time at Weimar and, in part, during the subs
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