The Orgelbüchlein ("Little Organ Book") was written by
Johann Sebastian Bach during the period of 1708?1714,
while he was court organist at the ducal court in
Weimar. It was planned as a set of 164 chorale preludes
(smaller-scale compositions based on chorale melodies)
spanning the liturgical year; however, Bach only
completed forty-six chorale preludes and left less than
two measures of a forty-seventh. The chorale preludes
in this collection constitute BWV 599?644 within Bach's
total composit...(+)
The Orgelbüchlein ("Little Organ Book") was written by
Johann Sebastian Bach during the period of 1708?1714,
while he was court organist at the ducal court in
Weimar. It was planned as a set of 164 chorale preludes
(smaller-scale compositions based on chorale melodies)
spanning the liturgical year; however, Bach only
completed forty-six chorale preludes and left less than
two measures of a forty-seventh. The chorale preludes
in this collection constitute BWV 599?644 within Bach's
total compositional output. The Orgelbüchlein is at
the same time a collection of organ music for church
services, a treatise on composition, a religious
statement and a pedagogical manual. (Wikipedia)