The Organ Chorales of the Leipzig Manuscript, Schubler Chorales BWV 645-691
In the oevre of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685- 1750), the chorale – the Lutheran congregational hymn - plays a central role. This is hardly surprising, since for the greater part of his life Bach was a church musician, composing music suitable for liturgical use.
At the same time he was very familiar with the chorale from his youth, for it was standard material in the music tuition of his age. Moreover, as a student Bach became acquainted with the music of his predecessors, the North German organists Reincken, Bohm and Buxtehude and the South German Pachelbel, for whom the chorale was a musical point of reference.
Without the chorale, Bach‘s oeuvre would have been inconceivable.
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