Eleven Chorale Preludes

The Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122, are a collection of chorale preludes for organ by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1896, and published posthumously in 1902.^[1]

The eleven pieces are relatively short and are based on selected verses of nine separate Lutheran chorales.

Preludes

	O Gott, du frommer Gott, Op. 122, No. 7 Performed by Matthias Flierl
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1. Mein Jesu, der du mich
2. Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
3. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
4. Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
5. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
6. O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
7. O Gott, du frommer Gott
8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
9. Herzlich tut mich verlangen
10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen (second version)
11. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (second version)

Transcriptions

Preludes 4, 5, and 8–11 were transcribed for solo piano by Ferruccio Busoni in 1902 as BV B 50. These transcriptions have been recorded by Paul Jacobs.

References

External links

• Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Op. 122/10) – Live recording by Robert Smith on YouTube (1872 Ladegast organ of St. Jakob, Köthen)

Johannes Brahms
Orchestral works	Academic Festival Overture Serenades Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Tragic Overture Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Concertante	Double Concerto Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Violin Concerto
Vocal/Choral works with orchestra	A German Requiem Alto Rhapsody Gesang der Parzen Nänie Rinaldo Schicksalslied Triumphlied
Chamber music	Cello Sonata No. 1 Cello Sonata No. 2 Clarinet Quintet Clarinet Sonatas Clarinet Trio Horn Trio Piano Quartet No. 1 Piano Quartet No. 2 Piano Quartet No. 3 Piano Quintet Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 2 Piano Trio No. 3 String Quartet No. 3 String Quintet No. 1 String Quintet No. 2 String Sextet No. 1 String Sextet No. 2 Two String Quartets, Op. 51 Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 3
Piano works	Ballades, Op. 10 Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 Piano Sonata No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Other compositions	Brahms' Lullaby Eleven Chorale Preludes Fünf Gesänge, Op.104 Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 Neue Liebeslieder Vier ernste Gesänge Zigeunerlieder
Named for Brahms	1818 Brahms Brahms (crater) Brahms Inlet
Related articles	List of compositions by genre List of compositions by opus number Brahms guitar Brahms-Institut Brahms-Preis German Romanticism International Johannes Brahms Competition Musical cryptogram Three Bs
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