{{Short description|Set of chorale preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach}} {{multiple issues| {{Original research|date=February 2018}} {{Primary source|date=February 2018}} {{Citations|date=February 2018}} }} {{italic title}} thumb|upright=1.35|Title page of the 1740s first edition of the ''Schübler Chorales'' '''''{{lang|de|Sechs Chorale von verschiedener Art: auf einer Orgel mit 2 Clavieren und Pedal vorzuspielen}}''''' ({{Lit.}} 'six chorales of diverse kinds, to be played on an organ with two manuals and pedal'), commonly known as the '''''Schübler Chorales''''' ({{langx|de|Schübler-Choräle}}), BWV 645–650, is a set of chorale preludes composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Johann Georg Schübler, after whom the collection came to be named, published it in 1747 or before August 1748, in Zella St. Blasii. At least five preludes of the compilation are transcribed from movements in Bach's church cantatas, mostly chorale cantatas he had composed around two decades earlier.
The fact that Bach had gone to the trouble and expense of securing the services of a master engraver to produce a collection of note-for-note transcriptions of this kind indicates that he did not regard the ''Schübler Chorales'' as a minor piece of hack-work, but as a significant public statement. These six chorales provide an approachable version of the music of the cantatas through the more marketable medium of keyboard transcriptions.<ref>Boyd, Malcolm. ''Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach'', Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 441–442</ref> Virtually all Bach's cantatas were unpublished in his lifetime.
==Context and content== {{incomplete section|date=July 2017}} The hymn tunes of the Lutheran hymns on which the chorale settings included in the ''Schübler Chorales'' are based can be identified by their Zahn number.<ref>''Die Melodien der deutschen evangelischen Kirchenlieder, aus den Quellen geschöpft und mitgeteilt von Johannes Zahn'' (6 volumes), Verlag Bertelsmann, Gütersloh (1889–93). [further edited by the Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Edition des deutschen Kirchenlieds. Hildesheim, New York: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1998. 6 volumes. {{ISBN|3-487-09319-7}}]</ref> The fourth chorale of the set is however based on a German variant of the Ninth psalm tone.
Five of the ''Schübler Chorales'' are transcriptions of movements of extant church cantatas by Bach. These cantatas belong to the chorale cantata or second year cycle. Bach began to present the cantatas of this cycle from the first Sunday after Trinity 11 June 1724, which was the start of his second year in Leipzig. He continued to present 40 new chorale cantatas until Easter of the next year, 1 April 1725, from which day the chorale cantata cycle and the second year cycle no longer coincide: for the remainder of his second year in Leipzig his newly composed church cantatas were no longer in the chorale cantata format, while on the other hand he added chorale cantatas to the cycle which were composed outside the period of his second year in Leipzig. Listed according to the sequence of the liturgical year: * BWV 6 is a cantata for Easter Monday: it was first presented in Bach's second year in Leipzig, on 2 April 1725, shortly after Bach had discontinued chorale cantatas in that year.<ref>Work {{BDW|0007}} at Bach Digital website</ref> Its third movement is the model for BWV 649.<ref>Work {{BDW|0737}} at Bach Digital website</ref> * BWV 10 is a cantata for Visitation: this chorale cantata was presented during Bach's second year in Leipzig, on the Feast of the Visitation, 2 July 1724.<ref>Work {{BDW|0012}} at Bach Digital website</ref> Its fifth movement is the model for BWV 648.<ref>Work {{BDW|0736}} at Bach Digital website</ref> * BWV 93 is a cantata for the fifth Sunday after Trinity: first presented one week after BWV 10, on 9 July 1724, it also belongs to both the chorale cantata cycle and the second year cycle.<ref>Work {{BDW|0118}} at Bach Digital website</ref> Its fourth movement is the model for BWV 647.<ref>Work {{BDW|0735}} at Bach Digital website</ref> * BWV 137 is a cantata for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity: first performed on 19 August 1725 it is a later addition to the chorale cantata cycle.<ref>Work {{BDW|0169}} at Bach Digital website</ref> Its second movement is the model for BWV 650.<ref>Work {{BDW|0738}} at Bach Digital website</ref> * BWV 140 is a cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity (or: the last Sunday before Advent): first performed on 25 November 1731 it is a later addition to the chorale cantata cycle.<ref>Work {{BDW|0172}} at Bach Digital website</ref> Its fourth movement is the model for BWV 645.<ref>Work {{BDW|0733}} at Bach Digital website</ref>
For BWV 646 there is no extant model from which the chorale prelude may have transcribed.<ref>Work {{BDW|0734}} at Bach Digital website</ref> Apart from some original manuscripts of the preceding cantata models there are no extant manuscripts of the ''Schübler Chorales'' older than their 1747–1748 printed version: Bach's only extant autograph regarding the organ versions consists of the corrections and improvements he wrote, before August 1748, in his copy of the first edition.<ref name="Breig2010pp17-18(Intro)">Breig 2010, "[https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/15009_EB8806_PDF_EB8806_Einl.pdf Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222093423/https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/15009_EB8806_PDF_EB8806_Einl.pdf |date=2018-02-22 }}" pp. 17–18</ref>
All six ''Schübler Chorales'' are in the chorale fantasia format: this means that one of the melody lines in the setting is the relatively unadorned chorale tune, which is called cantus firmus. The two central preludes of the set (BWV 647 and 648) are four-part settings, while the others are three-part settings (trios).<ref name="Breig2010pp17-18(Intro)" />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! BWV ! # ! Title ! Model ! Date ! Tune |- id="BWV 645" | style="text-align:center;" | 645 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme | BWV 140/4 | data-sort-value="1731-11-25" | {{nowrap|25 November 1731}} | {{nowrap|Zahn No. 8405}} |- id="BWV 646" | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 646 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | Wo soll ich fliehen hin | rowspan="2" colspan="2" data-sort-value="Unknown" style="text-align:center;" | (unknown) | rowspan="2" | {{nowrap|Zahn No. 2164}} |- | Auf meinen lieben Gott |- id="BWV 647" | style="text-align:center;" | 647 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten | data-sort-value="BWV 093/4" | BWV 93/4 | data-sort-value="1724-07-09" | 9 July 1724 | {{nowrap|Zahn No. 2778}} |- id="BWV 648" | style="text-align:center;" | 648 | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | Meine Seele erhebt den Herren | data-sort-value="BWV 010/5" | BWV 10/5 | data-sort-value="1724-07-02" | 2 July 1724 | {{nowrap|9th psalm tone}} |- id="BWV 649" | style="text-align:center;" | 649 | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ | data-sort-value="BWV 006/3" | BWV 6/3 | data-sort-value="1725-04-02" | 2 April 1725 | data-sort-value="Zahn No. 0493" | {{nowrap|Zahn No. 493}} |- id="BWV 650" | style="text-align:center;" | 650 | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter | BWV 137/2 | data-sort-value="1725-08-19" | 19 August 1725 | {{nowrap|Zahn No. 1912a}} |} {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme}} === Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 === {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme}} thumb|upright=1.35|BWV 645 (excerpt) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645.
====Chorale melody==== thumb|upright=1.35|Hymn tune of BWV 645 {{see also|Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme}} The hymn tune of this chorale prelude is "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" ("Wake, Awake for Night is Passing"), Zahn No. 8405.
====Model==== {{Listen | header = From ''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'', BWV 140 | filename = Bach - cantata 140. 4. chorale.ogg | title = 4. "Zion hört die Wächter singen" | description = performed by MIT Concert Choir (Cutter) }} {{see also|Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140#4}} The chorale prelude is a transcription of "Zion hört die Wächter singen" ("Zion hears the watchmen sing"),<ref name="Dellal">{{cite web | last = Dellal | first = Pamela | author-link = Pamela Dellal | url = http://www.emmanuelmusic.org/notes_trans/transl_cantata/bwv140.htm | title = BWV 140 – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme | publisher = Emmanuel Music | access-date = 7 July 2017 | archive-date = 23 July 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080723133644/http://www.emmanuelmusic.org/notes_trans/transl_cantata/bwv140.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> the 4th movement of the cantata ''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'', BWV 140, which is a chorale for tenor voice accompanied by unison strings and continuo.
=== Wo soll ich fliehen hin (or) Auf meinen lieben Gott, BWV 646 === {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Wo soll ich fliehen hin}} Wo soll ich fliehen hin (or) Auf meinen lieben Gott, BWV 646.
====Chorale melody==== {{see also|Wo soll ich fliehen hin}} Hymn tune: "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" ("Whither shall I flee?"), or, "Auf meinen lieben Gott", Zahn No. 2164.
====Model==== Since no model has been found for BWV 646, most scholars assume that the source cantata is one of the 100 or so believed to have been lost. The trio scoring of the movement suggests the original may have been for violin, or possibly violins and violas in unison (right hand), and continuo (left hand), with the chorale (pedal) sung by soprano or alto.
=== Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647 === {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten}} Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647.
====Chorale melody==== thumb|upright=1.35|Hymn tune of BWV 647 {{see also|Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten}} Hymn tune: "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten" ("Who allows God alone to rule him"), Zahn No. 2778.
====Model==== {{see also|Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 93#4}} Arranged from ''Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten'', BWV 93, movement 4 (duet for soprano and alto).
=== Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648 === {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Meine Seele erhebt den Herren}} Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648.
====Chorale melody==== thumb|upright=1.35|Tune of BWV 648 {{see also|Meine Seele erhebt den Herren}} Tune: "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" ("My soul doth magnify the Lord"), a German variant of the tonus peregrinus or ninth psalm tone.
====Model==== {{see also|Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10#5}} Arranged from ''Meine Seel erhebt den Herren'', BWV 10, movement 5 (duet for alto and tenor, chorale instrumental).
=== Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649 === {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ}} Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649.
====Chorale melody==== Hymn tune: "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ" ("Lord Jesus Christ, with us abide"), Zahn No. 493 (a.k.a. "Danket dem Herrn heut und allzeit").
====Model==== {{see also|Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6#3}} Arranged from ''Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'', BWV 6, movement 3 (soprano chorale).
=== Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 === {{see also|List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter}} Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650.
====Chorale melody==== Hymn tune: "Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter auf Erden" ("Come thou, Jesu, from heaven to earth"), Zahn No. 1912a (a.k.a. "Hast du denn, Jesus, dein Angesicht gänzlich verborgen").
====Model==== {{see also|Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137#2}} ''Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren'', BWV 137, movement 2 (alto solo).
==Publication== {{see also|List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime#Schübler Chorales}} {{incomplete section|date=July 2017}}
==Reception== {{Incomplete section|date=July 2017}} In Bach's ''Nekrolog'' the ''Schübler Chorales'' were listed as the fifth item, after the four ''Clavier-Übung'' volumes, among the composer's printed works: "Sechs dreystimmige Vorspiele, vor eben so viel Gesänge, für die Orgel" ({{lit.}} 'six three-part preludes, to as many hymns, for the organ').<ref>Bach's ''Nekrolog'' (1754), [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_lfQ4AAAAIAAJ#page/n1046/mode/1up pp. 167–168]</ref> In 1776 {{Interlanguage link multi|Johann Friedrich Köhler|wikisource:de|ADB:Köhler, Johann Friedrich}} wrote admiringly about the chorales.<ref name="Breig2010p18(Intro)">Breig 2010, "[https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/15009_EB8806_PDF_EB8806_Einl.pdf Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222093423/https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/15009_EB8806_PDF_EB8806_Einl.pdf |date=2018-02-22 }}" p. 18</ref> Early Bach-biographies by Hiller (1784), Gerber (1790) and Forkel (1802) listed the six chorale preludes among Bach's printed works.<ref>Hiller, Johann Adam (1784). [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10623247?page=27 "Bach (Johann Sebastian)", pp. 9–29] in [https://www.mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10623247-1 ''Lebensbeschreibungen berühmter Musikgelehrten und Tonkünstler neurer Zeit'', Vol. 1.] Leipzig: Dyk, [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10623247?page=39 p. 21]</ref><ref>Gerber, Ernst Ludwig (1790). [https://archive.org/stream/historischbiogra01ger#page/n62/mode/1up "Bach (Joh. Sebastian)", column 86ff.] in [https://archive.org/details/historischbiogra01ger ''Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkünstler''.] Leipzig: Breitkopf, [https://archive.org/stream/historischbiogra01ger#page/n65/mode/1up column 91]</ref><ref>Forkel, Johann Nikolaus (1802). "Bachs gestochene Werke", pp. 50–54 in ''Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke: Für patriotische Verehrer echter musikalischer Kunst''. Leipzig: Hoffmeister und Kühnel, p. 51</ref> Forkel added that they were "full of dignity and religious feeling", and mentioned that the registration was sometimes indicated by Bach in greater detail than usual, for example in the second chorale (BWV 646).<ref>Terry, Charles Sanford, translator and editor (1920). [https://archive.org/details/johannsebastian01terrgoog ''Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work, translated from the German of Johann Nikolaus Forkel''.] New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe; London: Constable, [https://archive.org/stream/johannsebastian01terrgoog#page/n164/mode/1up pp. 117–118]</ref> At least seven manuscript copies of the preludes, based on the uncorrected or corrected original print, were realised before Breitkopf & Härtel republished them in the early 19th century.<ref>{{nowrap|[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00001672 D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 603],}} {{nowrap|[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00000486 D-B Am.B 547],}} {{nowrap|[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00001581 D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 525],}} {{nowrap|[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00005417 PL-GD Mus. ms. 4203/4204],}} [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003473 {{nowrap|D-LEm Poel. mus. Ms. 25,}} Fascicle 1], {{nowrap|[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00001230 D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 284],}} and [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00001355 {{nowrap|D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 406}}] at Bach Digital website</ref><ref>[https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00001373 {{nowrap|D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 424}}] at Bach Digital website</ref>
In 1847 C. F. Peters published the six ''Schübler Chorales'', edited by Griepenkerl and {{illm|Ferdinand Roitzsch|scores|Category:Roitzsch, Friedrich August|lt=Roitzsch}}, as part of larger sets of chorale preludes.<ref>Griepenkerl and Roitzsch 1847</ref> Biographers Schauer (1850), Hilgenfeldt (1850) and Bitter (1865) included the chorales in their overviews of Bach's compositions.<ref>Schauer, Johann Karl (1850). [https://www.mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10600012-4 ''Joh. Seb. Bach's Lebensbild: Eine Denkschrift auf seinem 100 jährigen Todestag, den 28. Jul. 1850, aus Thüringen, seinem Vaterlande''.] Jena: F. Luden, [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10600012?page=30 p. 16]</ref><ref>Hilgenfeldt, Carl Ludwig (1850). [https://www.mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10528132-5 ''Johann Sebastian Bach's Leben, Wirken und Werke: ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts''.] Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10528132?page=155 p. 135]</ref><ref>Bitter, Karl Hermann (1865). ''Johann Sebastian Bach''. Berlin: Schneider. [https://www.mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10600016-5 Vol. 2]: [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10600016?page=260 p. 252] and [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10600016?page=498 CVIII]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Sources == '''Manuscripts''' (chronological) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00004370 US-Wc ML30.8b.B2 M4] (Bach's autograph score containing BWV 10/5, composed for performance on 2 July 1724 – description at Bach Digital website; [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200033487/default.html facsimile] at Library of Congress website; {{RISM|000102323}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003224 D-LEb Thomana 10] (original performance parts, partially autograph, containing BWV 10/5, copied from the autograph score for its first performance on 2 July 1724 – description and facsimile at Bach Digital website; {{RISM|200020894}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003237 D-LEb Thomana 93, Fascicle 1] (original performance parts, partially autograph, containing BWV 93/4, copied for its first performance on 9 July 1724 – description and facsimile at Bach Digital website; {{RISM|200020910}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00000871 {{nowrap|D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 44, Fascicle 2}}] (Bach's autograph score containing BWV 6/3, composed for performance on 2 April 1725 – description and facsimile at Bach Digital website; [https://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001C25400020000 facsimile] at Berlin State Library website; {{RISM|467004402}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00002311 {{nowrap|D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 7}}] (original performance parts, partially autograph, containing BWV 6/3, copied from the autograph score for its first performance on 2 April 1725 – description and facsimile at Bach Digital website; [https://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001E14C00000000 facsimile] at Berlin State Library website; {{RISM|467200700}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003261 D-LEb Thomana 137] (original performance parts, partially autograph, containing BWV 137/2, copied for its first performance on 19 August 1725 – description and facsimile at Bach Digital website; {{RISM|200020932}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003263 D-LEb Thomana 140] (original performance parts, partially autograph, containing BWV 140/4, copied for its first performance on 25 November 1731 – description and facsimile at Bach Digital website; {{RISM|200020935}}) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00004346 US-PRscheide BWV 645-650] (original print of the ''Schübler Chorales'' with Bach's handwritten corrections and additions from before August 1748 – description at Bach Digital website) * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00000136 {{nowrap|A-Wn SH J. S. Bach 40}}] (original print of the ''Schübler Chorales'' with handwritten corrections which Johann Christoph Oley copied from US-PRscheide BWV 645-650 before 1762 – description at Bach Digital website; [https://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC09150969 facsimile] at Austrian National Library website)
'''Publications''' * {{Cite book | last = Bach | first = Johann Sebastian | author-link = Johann Sebastian Bach | title = Sechs Chorale von verschiedener Art: auf einer Orgel mit 2 Clavieren und Pedal vorzuspielen | publisher = Johann Georg Schübler | location = Zella St. Blasii | date = 1747–1748 }} ([https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003453 D-LEb Peters PM 5694]: facsimile and description of the original print at Bach Digital website; {{RISM|00000990003418}}) * Breig, Werner (2010). "[https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/15009_EB8806_PDF_EB8806_Einl.pdf Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222093423/https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/15009_EB8806_PDF_EB8806_Einl.pdf |date=2018-02-22 }}" (pp. 14, 17–18), pp. 101–113 (score) and "[https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/EB_8806_Commentary.pdf Commentary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913101319/https://www.breitkopf.com/assets/pdf/EB_8806_Commentary.pdf |date=2015-09-13 }}" (pp. 9–12) in [https://www.breitkopf.com/work/8795/15009 Vol. 6: ''Clavierübung III, Schübler-Chorales, Canonische Veränderungen''] of [https://www.breitkopf.com/work/8795 Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works.] Breitkopf. * Grace, Harvey (1922). [https://archive.org/details/organworksofbach00grac ''The Organ Works of Bach''.] London: Novello & Co, [https://archive.org/stream/organworksofbach00grac#page/252/mode/2up pp. 252–260]. * Griepenkerl, Friedrich Konrad; {{illm|Ferdinand Roitzsch|scores|Category:Roitzsch, Friedrich August|lt=Roitzsch, Ferdinand August}} (1847). "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ" in Vol. 6 and "Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter", "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren", "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten", "Wo soll ich fliehen hin (oder: Auf meinen lieben Gott)" in Vol. 7 of ''Johann Sebastian Bach's Compositionen für die Orgel: Kritisch-korrecte Ausgabe''. Leipzig: C. F. Peters. * Löhlein, Heinz-Harald (1983: [https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA5056_01/ Score] / 1987: [https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA5056_41/ Critical Commentary]). "Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle)", pp. 86–103 (Score) and pp. 127-172 (Critical Commentary) in Vol. 1: ''Orgelbüchlein – Six Chorales of Different Kinds (Schübler Chorales) – Chorale Partitas'' of [https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/catalogue/complete-editions/bach-johann-sebastian/nba/series-iv/ Series IV: Organ Works] of the New Bach Edition. Bärenreiter * Nies-Berger, Édouard; Schweitzer, Albert (1967). ''Johann Sebastian Bach: Schübler chorales - Eighteen chorales - Chorale variations'', Vol. VIII of Complete Organ Works: a critico-practical edition in eight volumes. New York: G. Schirmer. * Rust, Wilhelm (1878). [http://hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/3/36/IMSLP02162-BGA_25.2_Preface.pdf "Vorwort"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} (pp. V–IX, XV–XIX) and [http://hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6/69/IMSLP04105-Bach_-_BGA_-_BWV_645-650.pdf "II. Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art", pp. 61–76]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} in ''Joh. Seb. Bach's Orgelwerke: Zweiter Band'', Vol. 25.2 of the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. * Schweitzer, Albert (1935). ''J. S. Bach'' – [https://archive.org/details/jsbachsc01schwuoft Vol. 1] London: A. & C. Black, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/jsbachsc01schwuoft#page/282/mode/1up 282], [https://archive.org/stream/jsbachsc01schwuoft#page/294/mode/1up 294]. * Schweitzer, Albert (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgImYQcbzgEC ''Die Orgelwerke Johann Sebastian Bachs: Vorworte zu den "Sämtlichen Orgelwerken"''.] Georg Olms Verlag. {{ISBN|9783487416977}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgImYQcbzgEC&pg=PA99 pp. 99–102] * Spitta, Philipp, translated by Clara Bell and {{nowrap|J. A. Fuller Maitland}} (1899). ''Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750''. Novello & Co. 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== External links == {{commons category|BWV 645–650 Schübler Chorales}} * {{IMSLP2|work=6 Chorale Preludes, BWV 645-650 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname=Schübler Chorales}} * Audio files of [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051220/http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0645 BWV 645], [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051225/http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0646 BWV 646], [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051230/http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0647 BWV 647], [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051235/http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0648 BWV 648], [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051240/http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0649 BWV 649] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051245/http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/detail.php?ID=BWV0650 BWV 650] performed by James Kibbie on the 1724–30 Trost organ in the Stadtkirche, Waltershausen, Germany
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