Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes [SEP] instrumentation
Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes
The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade (1740–1750), from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist. The works form an encyclopedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes, in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century, that Bach gradually perfected during his career. Together with the Orgelbüchlein, the Schübler Chorales, the third book of the Clavier-Übung
Eighteen Chorale Preludes" No. 7)
- BWV 658 – "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen" ("Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes" No. 8)
- BWV 658a – Fantasia super "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen3 (earlier version of BWV 658)
- BWV 659 – "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" ("Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes" No. 9)
- BWV 659a – Fantasia super "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (earlier version of BWV