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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 7 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
Tell Of His Glory — —— ChoirClassical —
For The Lord God — —— ChoirClassical —
Cantate Domino - G-Dur/G major — —— Choir— —
O Jesu Christe, Gottes Sohn - F-Dur/F major — —— Choir— —
Prelude, Fugue, and Ciacona in C BuxWV 137 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in d BuxWV 140 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in E BuxWV 141 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in F BuxWV 145 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in f-sharp BuxWV 146 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in g BuxWV 149 — —— OrganClassical 1
Fugue in C BuxWV 173 — —— OrganClassical 1
Ciacona in e BuxWV 160 — —— OrganClassical 1
Canzonetta in G BuxWV 171 — —— OrganClassical 1
Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder e-Phrygisch BuxWV 178 -Choralbearbeitung fur Orgel- Performed by Dietrich Buxtehude — —— OrganClassical —
Prelude and Fugue in C BuxWV 136 — —— OrganClassical 1
Toccata and Fugue in d BuxWV 155 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in a BuxWV 152 — —— OrganClassical 1
Toccata and Fugue in F BuxWV 156 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in G BuxWV 147 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in G BuxWV 162 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in g BuxWV 150 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in A BuxWV 151 — —— OrganClassical 1
Prelude and Fugue in a BuxWV 158 — —— OrganClassical 1
Ein Feste Burg — —— —Classical —
Gelobet Seist Du, Jesu(Buxtehude — —— —Classical —
Nun Komm Der Heiden — —— —Classical —
2. Chorale: Vater unser in Himmelreich — —— —Classical 1
3. Canzonetta — —— PianoClassical 0
Variations On An Aria By Lully — —— PianoClassical 1
6. Fugue in C — —— OrganClassical —
Magnificat Performed by Dietrich Buxtehude — —— Voice, ChoirClassical —
Praeludium in C Major, BuxWV 136 — —C major OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in D Major, BuxWV 139 — —D major OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141 — —E major OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in E Minor, BuxWV 142 — —E minor OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in F Major, BuxWV 144 — —F major OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in F# Minor, BuxWV 146 — —F-sharp minor OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 148 — —G minor OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 150 — —G minor OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in Phrygian Mode, BuxWV 152 — —— OrganClassical 1
Praeludium in A Minor, BuxWV 153 — —A minor OrganClassical 1
Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 157 — —F major OrganClassical 1
Ciacona in C Minor, BuxWV 159 — —C minor OrganClassical 1
Ciacona in E Minor, BuxWV 160 — —E minor OrganClassical 1
Toccata in G Major, BuxWV 164 — —G major OrganClassical 1
Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166 — —C major OrganClassical 1
Canzonetta in D Minor, BuxWV 168 — —D minor OrganClassical 1
Fuga in C Major, BuxWV 174 — —C major OrganClassical 1