ORGAN WORKS
BY: DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE

DESCRIPTON:
-PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSER OF ORGAN MUSIC BEFORE BACH, DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE (C. 1637–1707) WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN NORTHERN EUROPE. HIS BRILLIANCE AS A PERFORMER IS SAID TO HAVE INSPIRED THE YOUNG JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH TO WALK 200 MILES FROM ARNSTADT TO LÜBECK TO HEAR HIS PERFORMANCES.

-THE MOST IMPORTANT OF BUXTEHUDE`S INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITIONS WERE FOR ORGAN, AND THIS VOLUME PRESENTS VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE COMPOSER`S ORGAN WORKS — 78 TOCCATAS, PRELUDES, CHORALE VARIATIONS, CHORALE FANTASIAS, CHORALE PRELUDES, FUGUES, CANZONETTAS, CHACONNES, AND OTHER WORKS — REPRINTED DIRECTLY FROM THE DEFINITIVE BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL EDITION BY PHILIPP SPITTA AND MAX SEIFFERT.

-PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR ORGANISTS, MUSICIANS, AND MUSIC LOVERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY AND PERFORM THESE MASTERFUL COMPOSITIONS — CONVENIENTLY REPRINTED IN THIS ATTRACTIVE, INEXPENSIVE, AND AUTHORITATIVE EDITION.

-DOVER (1988) REPUBLICATION OF THE EDITION PUBLISHED BY BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL, LEIPZIG, 1903, 1904, 1939..