Praeludia and Toccatas for Organ
Buxtehude's free organ praeludia are the core of the North German Baroque keyboard canon. Each follows a sectional structure alternating free toccata passages with imitative fugues — the stylus fantasticus. The Praeludium in G minor BuxWV 149 is the most famous; BuxWV 137 (Prelude and Chaconne), 140, 142, 146, and 148 are equally significant. Bach famously walked to Lübeck in 1705 to hear Buxtehude perform these works.
Works in this Collection (15)
- Praeludium in C major, BuxWV 136 Key C major Difficulty
- Praeludium and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137 Key C major Difficulty
- Praeludium in D major, BuxWV 139 Key D major Difficulty
- Praeludium in D minor, BuxWV 140 Key D minor Difficulty
- Praeludium in E minor, BuxWV 142 Key E minor Difficulty
- Praeludium in F major, BuxWV 144 Key F major Difficulty
- Praeludium in F major, BuxWV 145 Key F major Difficulty
- Praeludium in F♯ minor, BuxWV 146 Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Praeludium in G major, BuxWV 147 Key G major Difficulty
- Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 148 Key G minor Difficulty
- Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149 Key G minor Difficulty
- Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 150 Key G minor Difficulty
- Praeludium in A minor, BuxWV 153 Key A minor Difficulty
- Praeambulum in A minor, BuxWV 158 Key A minor Difficulty
- Toccata in G major, BuxWV 165 Key G major Difficulty