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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 148 Click to Listen [6:8] (A=465)
Opens with Manual I flourishes over organ points in the Pedal. The next section labeled Allegro is a short transition of a chromatic bent which leads to a fughetta on a repeated note theme, played on Manual II. Then follows a rolling 3/2 section for three voices on Manual I and Pedal. Finally a 2-measure passacaglia theme enters in the Pedal, modulates a few times, and ends with a statement in Bb that shifts smoothly to a Phrygian cadence in the original key. Midi File available. Instrument: Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Marienkirche - Rötha, Germany (1722) - Samples by Brett Milan

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