In music, a chorale prelude is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale (a simple tune, often derived from Gregorian chant) as its basis. It was a predominant style of the German Baroque era and reached its culmination in the works of J.S. Bach, who wrote 46 (with a 47th unfinished) examples of the form in his Orgelbüchlein.
Read more about Chorale Prelude: Function, Style, Form, Baroque Period, Romantic Period and Twentieth Century
Famous quotes containing the word prelude:
“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)