Item 5 - J. S. Bach Orgelbüchlein

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J. S. Bach Orgelbüchlein

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Bach, J. S.
(1685 - 1750)

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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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Johann Sebastian Bach Choralvorspiele in autentischer folge zusammengestellt auf grund der Bach-Ausgabe von Griepenkerl und Roitzsch [J. S. Bach Choral Preludes in authentic sequence compiled on the basis of the Bach edition by Griepenkerl and Roitzsch]. Band I: Orgelbüchlein [Volume I: "Little organ book"].
Published by Peters, Leipzig.

Contents (in alphabetical order):
Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig
Alle Menschen müssen sterben
Christe, du Lamm Gottes
Christ ist erstanden
Christ lag in Todesbanden
Christum wir sollen loben schon
Christus, der uns selig macht
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot'
Durch Adam's Fall ist ganz verderbt
Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ
Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
Gott, durch deine Güte
Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen
Herr Christ der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn
Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'!
Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn
Hilf Gott dass mir's gelinge
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr
In dir ist Freude
In dulci jubilo
Jesu meine Freude
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
Komm Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich
Mit Fried und Freud' ich fahr' dahin
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross
Puer natus in Bethlehem
Vater unser im Himmelreich
Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her
Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
Wir Christenleut'
Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ

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      The score contains pencil markings by Peter Hurford.

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