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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHORALE PRELUDE

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Chorale prelude is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CHORALE PRELUDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Chorale prelude

In music, a chorale prelude is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale 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 examples of the form in his Orgelbüchlein.

Definition of chorale prelude in the English dictionary

The definition of chorale prelude in the dictionary is a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHORALE PRELUDE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CHORALE PRELUDE

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Synonyms and antonyms of chorale prelude in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «chorale prelude» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

诗歌前奏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preludio coral
570 millions of speakers

English

chorale prelude
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोरल प्रस्तावना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقدمة الترنيمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хоральной прелюдии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prelúdio coral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কৌতুকের প্রস্তাবনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prélude choral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Permulaan chorale
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Choralvorspiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コラール前奏曲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코랄 전주곡
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chorale prelude
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

khúc dạo đầu hợp xướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொரில்லா முன்னுரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरल प्रस्तावना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Koral başlangıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preludio corale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chorał preludium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хоральної прелюдії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preludiu coral
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

χορικό πρελούδιο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

koraal prelude
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

koral upptakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koral forspill
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHORALE PRELUDE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chorale prelude

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHORALE PRELUDE»

Discover the use of chorale prelude in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chorale prelude and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Thematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel
D minor (no.3) (work title) Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen, sacred concerto Ach Herr, straff mich nicht, aria Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, chorale-prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, chorale-prelude (no.l) Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, ...
Jean M. Perreault, Donna K. Fitch, 2004
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Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated ...
Chorale Prelude. Aborn, Lora. Chorale Prelude. Archer, Violet. Chorale Prelude. Donahue, Bertha. Chorale Prelude on an Irish Air. Smyth, Ethel. Chorale Prelude on "Avon". Wendelburg, Norma. Chorale Prelude on "Come Ye Disconsolate".
Adel Heinrich, 1991
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Masterpieces of Music Before 1750
The chorale prelude, like the fugue, is a form which was practiced throughout the Baroque period and brought to perfection by Bach. The origin of this form lay in its use as an introduction to the congregational singing of the hymn-tune, but in ...
Carl Parrish, John F. Ohl, 2013
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
UF Chorale—History and criticism Chorales—History and criticism BT Church music Hymn tunes Hymns, German NT Chorale prelude —History and criticism USE Chorale Chorale prelude Here are entered works about the chorale prelude .
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
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Dictionary of Music
Chorale prelude: an organ work designed to preface the congregational singing of the chorale on which it is based. A wide variety of treatments were developed by German baroque organists. Modem terminology has been devised to ...
Theodore Karp, 1983
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The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach
14 Verschiedene Canones (BWV 1087), see Canons '48', the, see Well-tempered Clavier, The (BWV 846–93) Ach bleib bei uns, HerrJesu Christ, chorale prelude ( BWV 649) 321–2 Ach Gott und Herr, chorale prelude (BWV 714) 307 Ach Gott, ...
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, 2011
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Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions
Chorale prelude on A mighty fortress is our God. Christmas bells. 4525, 13171, 22670, 36303, 36304, 56058. 46759, 46760, 56082. Chorale prelude on the tune Archdale. 8638. Christmas bells are ringing. 36305, 56083. Chords across the ...
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The Organ Music of Johannes Brahms
40 This was the chorale prelude on O Traurigkeit, based on a Good Friday chorale from the Mainz Gesangbuch of  and written in an “Orgelbüchlein” style with the slightly ornamented melody in the soprano. Friedchen Wagner's ...
Barbara Owen Librarian of the American Guild of Organists Organ Library Boston University, 2007
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Johann Sebastian Bach
This chorale prelude consists of two variations linked by a bridging interlude: the first is a miniature chorale prelude similar to BWV 631 in the Orgelbüchlein, with an uninterrupted cantus firmus in the soprano line; in the second, the four lines of  ...
By Wikipedians
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J. S. Bach's 'Leipzig' Chorale Preludes: Music, Text, Theology
JESUS CHRISTUS UNSER HEILAND (BWV 665) This chorale prelude exists in two versions: an earlier Weimar version (BWV 665a) and a later Leipzig revision ( BWV 665). In P271, BWV 665 bears the heading “Jesus Christus anser Heyland.
Anne Leahy, Robin A. Leaver, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHORALE PRELUDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chorale prelude is used in the context of the following news items.
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Concert review: Organist Christopher Houlihan opens Organ …
An early Brahms Prelude and Fugue in A minor, bisected by Houlihan's insertion of the composer's later chorale prelude on the tune "O Welt, ... «MassLive.com, Jun 15»
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Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar illuminates two sides of Bach
These pieces, as well as the chorale prelude “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier,” BWV 731 (also performed), are slow, contemplative, static: They ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
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Church's organ concert delighted with the variety
... Clocks (Haydn) provided some light-hearted, melodious fun before a complete change to the understated and pedestrian Chorale Prelude, ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jun 15»
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The classical music scene hits a high note in the summer
3 p.m. next Sunday: Bach's Chorale Prelude in B minor, Suite in C, BWV 1009, and Cantata BWV 199, as well as Schubert's Symphony No. 5. «Buffalo.com, Jun 15»
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Summer Spirituality Series to present The Immanuel Bach Consort …
To complete the program, a chorale prelude by Bach, as well as 8-voice motets by Orlando Gibbons and Felix Mendelssohn will be presented. «Cape Gazette, Jun 15»
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Extreme playing
... gossamer Scriabin, Rameau that sounds terrific on the piano, and a traversal of Bach's chorale prelude "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" from ... «Bay Area Reporter, May 15»
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Thierry Escaich meets the Rubenstein Family Organ
After that opening statement was the first musical pairing of the evening that began with Brahms' 1896 Chorale Prelude “Herzliebster Jesu” (“O ... «Communities Digital News, May 15»
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Millburn High School to present spring band concert, May 20
... will perform Leonard Bernstein's Slava! and a chorale prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach. Concert Band, the ninth grade ensemble and two ... «NJ.com, May 15»
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David Bernard to Conduct Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in …
Schumann incorporated many compositional elements we associate with Bach, including opening the Symphony with a Chorale Prelude and ... «Broadway World, May 15»
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Review: Bach, Revisited Series Features Ensemble Signal
Bach's chorale prelude is picked apart, distorted and transformed in a series of dissonant gestures that, now heated, now wispy, create an ... «New York Times, May 15»

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