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Portrait of Dietrich Buxtehude

Composer

Dietrich Buxtehude

1707–1637

421 works in the index

Born
1707
Died
1637

Biography

Little is known – or rather everything is contested – about the early life of Buxtehude. His date of birth and the nation of origin are both among the contested points. He is generally thought of as a German composer (the most important of the mid-Baroque period, and a powerful influence upon that late Baroque master, Johann Sebastian Bach). But Denmark also claims Buxtehude as one of its own. Whatever his nation or dates, his work belongs to the world and to the ages. Albert Schweitzer, in a classic early 20th century book about Bach, paid incidental tribute to Buxtehude, crediting him with the creation of large chorale preludes in which he “tears the melody in pieces, throws the fragments into the flood of a brilliant, animated fantasia, and sends them scudding along … according as his fancy suggests ….” Schweitzer calls this a “virtuosic style” using those words he assures us in their “good sense.”

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Organ, Piano, harpsichord, Choir, Alto
Genres represented
Classical
Works with composition dates
1 of 421

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 4 of 9

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Praludium Und Fuga In G Major — —G major OrganClassical 2
Praludium Und Fuga In G Minor — —G minor OrganClassical 2
Canzonetta G Minor — —— OrganClassical 2
Ciacona E Minor — —— OrganClassical 1
Durch Adams Fall Ist Hanz Verdebt — —— OrganClassical 2
Herr Christ, Der Eing Gottes Sohn — —— OrganClassical 3
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland — —— OrganClassical 2
Nun Bitten Wir Den Heilgen Geist — —— OrganClassical 3
Auf Mienen Lieben Gott — —— OrganClassical 2
Ich Dank Dir, Lieber Herr — —— OrganClassical 1
Glory Be To The Father — —— ChoirClassical 2
Alles, was ihr tut — —— Organ, stringsClassical 1
Praeludium in E Minor, BuxWV 143 — —E minor OrganClassical 3
Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149 — —G minor OrganClassical 3
Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 156 — —F major OrganClassical 3
Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 163 — —G minor OrganClassical 3
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV 184 — —— OrganClassical 5
Praeludium and Fuga in F-sharp Minor, B146 — —F-sharp minor —Classical 1
"More Palatino", Aria and Twelve Variations in C Major — —C major —Classical 1
Courante in G Major — —G major —Classical 1
Canzon in D Minor — —D minor —Classical 1
Missa Brevis — —— —Classical 2
Passacaglia in D Minor, B161 — —D minor —Classical 1
Ciacona in C Minor, B159 — —C minor —Classical 1
"Rofilis", Aria and Three Variations in D Minor — —D minor —Classical 1
Simphonie in G Major — —G major —Classical 1
Praeludium und Fuga in C Major — —C major —Classical 1
Canzon in C Major — —C major —Classical 1
Organ Works, Volume 3 — —— —Classical 1
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, B137 — —— —Classical 1
Ciacona in E Minor , B160 — —E minor —Classical 1
Keyboard Suite in G Major — —G major —Classical 1
"Courant zimble", Eight Variations in A Minor — —A minor —Classical 1
Praeludium und Fuga in A Major — —A major —Classical 1
Organ Works, Volume 2 — —— —Classical 1
Sonata D Major — —— Cello, ContinuoClassical 1
Passacaglia in d BUX WV 161 - Organ — —— —Classical 1
Keyboard Suite in D Minor, "d'Amour" — —D minor —Classical 1
Keyboard Suite in F Major — —F major —Classical 1
Keyboard Suite in A Major — —A major —Classical 1
Aria and Three Variations in A Minor — —A minor —Classical 1
Praeludium und Fuga in G Minor — —G minor —Classical 1
Ein Kind geborn zu Behtlehem — —— —Classical 1
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, B220 — —— —Classical 1
Praeludium and Fuga in E Major, B141 — —E major —Classical 1
Keyboard Suite in A Minor — —A minor —Classical 1
La Capricciosa, Thirty-two Partitas in G Major — —G major —Classical 1
Fuga in B-flat Major — —B-flat major —Classical 1