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Dietrich Buxtehude Composer
Mensch, willt du leben seliglich, in the Phrygian mode, BuxWV206
Performances: 3
Tracks: 2
MIDIs: 1
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Mensch, willt du leben seliglich, in the Phrygian mode, BuxWV206Genre: Prelude / Fugue
Pr. Instrument: Organ (Baroque)
This is another one of Buxtehude's chorale preludes with the embellished chorale melody appearing in the soprano. The chorale text is about the ten commandments. The first verse reads as follows, "Man if you want to lead a blessed life and remain with God eternally, you should keep the ten commandments that were given us by God." After this introductory first verse the remaining three verses summarize the ten commandments listing them one by one. Buxtehude's setting of the chorale is particularly curious due to a repeated gesture involving a chromatic inflection with a G raised to a G sharp, ornamenting what was simply a G in the chorale melody.
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