Eight Organ Chorale-Preludes

Sinopse

Transcribed for Piano by A. M. Henderson

“The Organ Chorale-Preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach contain some of the most beautiful and most characteristic examples of this great master’s art, yet they remain, strangely enough, among the least known of his works and are but little played even by organists With the desire to make a few of these beautiful compositions better known I have made the following eight transcriptions for piano. While suitable for concert use, they are, at the same time, not too difficult for good amateurs, and form the most admirable material for practice, especially for the study of part-playing, and singing-tone with accompaniment in the same hand.
The correct performance of some of the less familiar Bach ornaments is often a source of difficulty to the student.
In the present edition the more difficult ornaments have been written out in full, as in “Wachet auf,” and “O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross, and this it is hoped will make both the student’s work clearer, and the teacher’s task lighter.
It only remains to be added, that in writing these transcriptions I have
followed the text of the Bachgesellschaft-Ausgabe, which for accuracy and authenticity is generally accepted as the standard.” in Preface por A. M. H.