Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude in C major BWV 547i

Johann Sebastian Bach Pastorale, BWV 590

Johann Sebastian Bach Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 652

Dietrich Buxtehude Passacaglia, BuxWV 161

Dietrich Buxtehude Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149

Dietrich Buxtehude Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179

Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia, BWV 582

Ben Horden organ

During the seventeenth century, dance secured its position as a serious art discipline. As a result, dance music became prevalent across Europe, and composers of the period and indeed many since have turned to dance forms and structures as a rhythmic framework and inspiration for their composition. Characteristics of early dance forms were incorporated into the works of many European composers. This particular collection focuses on its use by two leading forces in organ music of the German Baroque and indeed its development and evolution within Western music: Johann Sebastian Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude.

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