Dietrich Buxtehuce. Chorale Prelude 'Nun bitten wir den heilgen Geist 'BuxWV 209

Описание: This is the first of two settings.
"Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist" ("We now implore the Holy Ghost")[1] is the title of several hymns in German. The first is one of the oldest hymns in the German language: a 13th-century leise. Subsequent versions expanded upon the leise; the original hymn became the new version's first stanza, and it now used melodies derived from its medieval tune. The Protestant reformer Martin Luther expanded the leise in 1524, and different Catholic versions were published between 1537 and 1975.


Dieterich Buxtehude (born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude) , c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumental idioms, Buxtehude's style greatly influenced other composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Buxtehude is considered one of the most important composers of the 17th century.

Played on Hauptwerk sample set of St. Mary le Bow.
Thubmnail is the only surviving portrait of Buxtehude, playing a viol, from Musical Company by Johannes Voorhout (1674)