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J.S. Bach - Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit, BWV 668 #31

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madrisan opened this issue Jun 21, 2024 · 1 comment

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madrisan commented Jun 21, 2024

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4uaNrYihc

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madrisan commented Jun 21, 2024

The last of his Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes (or Leipzig Chorales) and appended to the Art of Fugue as a compensation for the unfinished fugue, "Before your throne I now appear" is said to be Bach's deathbed dictation to his son-in-law Johann Christoph Altniko. Some scholars discredit the legend as a mere reworking of Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641.

I have not investigated the evidence from the scholarly debates. But in comparison to BWV 641 I see in this piece a return to simplicity, yet tightly strung together via various canonic imitations (including contrary motion and augmentation), characteristic of the highest ideals that Bach had been pursuing.

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