. The organ works of Bach. i ^ ^ :|c=|t i ?> H^ ^^ -U^ \—i 1 i^ ^ 1 : 1 =^ »^ I* m-j^ from so bald a series of notes as : I v^—^ hS^ The Coda over the tonic pedal a few bars beforethe end is something to linger over, especially the O LAMM GOTTES 277 startling B tlat at *, and the consecutive 6-4chords: 0 M 1 - ^1 I I 1 I f I. Which of Bachs chorale preludes is the mostbeautiful? *Schmiicke dich ? * Herzlich thutmich verlangen ? An Wasserfliissen Babylon ?The writer may be allowed to say that some yearsago his choice fell on this * Nun komm prelude,and has stayed there ever since. If it wave
. The organ works of Bach. i ^ ^ :|c=|t i ?> H^ ^^ -U^ \—i 1 i^ ^ 1 : 1 =^ »^ I* m-j^ from so bald a series of notes as : I v^—^ hS^ The Coda over the tonic pedal a few bars beforethe end is something to linger over, especially the O LAMM GOTTES 277 startling B tlat at *, and the consecutive 6-4chords: 0 M 1 - ^1 I I 1 I f I. Which of Bachs chorale preludes is the mostbeautiful? *Schmiicke dich ? * Herzlich thutmich verlangen ? An Wasserfliissen Babylon ?The writer may be allowed to say that some yearsago his choice fell on this * Nun komm prelude,and has stayed there ever since. If it wavered, it would probably be in thedirection of the exquisite piece on * Von Gott willich nicht lassen * (* From God naught shall divideme ) (p. 43). Here the melody is played by thepedals with a 4-ft. stop, surrounded by arabesquesevolved from it. The expressive effect is heightenedat the close by the use of the last note of themelody as a pedal point (inverted, of course, owingto the 4-ft. pitch of the pedal stop), with a persis-tently throbbing alto part and an octave-fallingbass. The great setting of O Lamm Gottes,unschuldig (p. 32) is one of Bachs mostelaborate pieces of programme music. The textis a metrical version of the Agnus Dei. Bachdevotes a section to each verse, the result being 278 THE ORGAN WORKS OF BACH ver
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