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Choralvorspiel - Alle Menschen müssen sterben
G-dur BWV 643
Aus dem „Orgelbüchlein" (BWV 599-644)

Chorale prelude - All people must die
G major BWV 643
from the "Little Organ Book" (BWV 599-644)

composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
performed by Wolfgang Zerer, organ

Bach - BWV 599-644 - Little Organ Book
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4532C343606BE0C8

Bach - BWV 645-650 - Schübler Chorales
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6B588CECF816A9B6

Bach - BWV 651-668 - Leipzig Chorales
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2C2EB2EC7B65F072

Bach - BWV 669-689 - Clavier-Übung 3.Teil
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=271234B965C91002

Bach - BWV 690-713 - Kirnberger Chorales
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0236250D17FBBE78

Bach - various chorale preludes BWV 714-
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D20EA45A2B7879FE

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  • Sublime

  • @MusicPredominates

    To be honest, I asked myself the same question but couldn't find a good reason for it. Now it makes sense: death as a relief and expectation to something superior. Thanks for that.

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  • à la fois doux et sincère : .. ce doit être vrai alors ?

  • Toutes cette "collection" représente un travail remarquable Chapeau  Toxiconegro

  • @MusicPredominates Why should I? My comments are both accurate and relevant.

  • @MusicPredominates In their cluelessness, they are confounded by such preludes as "Alle Menschen muessen sterben", which they incorrectly assume to be about death, even when they hear the sweet diatonic harmonies and repeated bliss motif, and "Jesu meine Freude", which they incorrectly assume to be about joy even when they hear the largo tempo, grating dissonances, and repeated sigh motif.

  • @MusicPredominates I was not attacking anything you wrote. I was merely pointing out that many people naively assume a chorale prelude is simply a mood piece romantically inspired by the words in the title. These same people scratch their heads when they cannot reconcile the mood of the music with the sentiment of the title...

  • @MusicPredominates I ALSO wrote a very insightful comment. The title of EVERY chorale prelude is taken from the title of the chorale, which always taken from the 1st line of the 1st verse. After hearing this "merry" prelude, the congegration would sing all 7 verses of "All Men Must Die", which is not about death, but about the BLISS that awaits (only) the FAITHFUL (not all men) after death, which you'd realize if you bothered to read the damn hymn. I quoted the last 2 verses for you.

  • @MusicPredominates Hello. You are not comprehending ! You need only read hymn verses 6 and 7 (which I quoted for you) to see that it is not "a hymn about death." After playing the prelude, the congregation would have sung all 7 verses of the hymn. It is very naive to assume the hymn is about death just because the hymn title (which is simply the 1st line of the hymn) is "all men must die."

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