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German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia in 1685. Born into a large musical family, he was the youngest child of string player Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lämmerhirt. His parents died when he was ten, and he was cared for by his eldest brother until he won a choral scholarship to the school at Michaelskirche, Lüneburg in 1700. This appears to have influenced his interest in church music and the organ. In August 1703 he was appointed as the organist for the Neue Kirche in Arnstadt, although his eccentricities gave his employers some cause for complaint. In June 1707 Bach moved to the Blasiuskirche in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, marrying his cousin, Maria Barbara, in October that same year. During this time he produced several church cantatas.
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Bach. Orgelchoräle der Neumeister-Sammlung / Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection. By J. S. Bach.
First Edition. Preface by Christoph Wolff. Published by Bärenreiter and Yale University Press, New Haven.
Contents (in alphabetical order):
- Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen, BWV 1109
- Ach, Gott und Herr, BWV 714
- Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 742
- Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1100
- Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 1117
- Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht, BWV 1108
- Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 1099
- Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 1120
- Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht, BWV 1096
- Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 1112
- Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 1091
- Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 719
- Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1102
- Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 1101
- Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not, BWV 1097
- Ein Kindelein so löbelich, BWV 719
- Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 1103
- Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hilf und Trost, BWV 1106
- Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 1092
- Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 1114
- Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, BWV 1115
- Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 742
- Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen, BWV 1093
- Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt, BWV 1113
- Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 1105
- Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BWV 1107
- Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt, BWV 957
- Nun laßt uns den Leib begraben, BWV 1111
- O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort, BWV 1110
- O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt, BWV 1094
- O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, BWV 1095
- Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 1116
- Wenn dich Unglück tut greifen an, BWV 1104
- Werde munter, mein Gemüte, BWV 1118
- Wie nach einer Wasserquelle, BWV 1119
- Wir Christenleut, BWV 1090
- Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1096
- Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 1098
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The score contains pencil markings by Peter Hurford.
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There is a photocopy of an article titled: "Music: 33 Preludes Attributed to Bach", in which it states that Chirstoph Wolff, professor at Harvard University, have found 33 chorale preludes for organ in Yale's Music Library. This edition must be of those scores mentioned in the article.