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Definition of Chorale prelude
1. Noun. A composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chorale Prelude
Literary usage of Chorale prelude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"chorale prelude: " My Heart lies heavy within me"— Bach. chorale prelude: "A Rose
... chorale prelude on "Glory Be to God"—Bach. Suite Gothique—Boellmann. ..."
2. Brahms by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1911)
"Was ever so suitable an ending to any human work achieved as this eleventh
chorale-prelude ? As the melody fades away, we seem to catch a glimpse of the ..."
3. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon and Other Polyphonic by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"The whole is an Invention (as chorale-Prelude) of the usual character, based upon
a Motive, or Motives, derived from the first Line of the chorale (or from ..."
4. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society (1913)
"This gave rise to the form of chorale-prelude, whose influence in church music
is felt today. Because the prelude themes were those ..."
5. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Story of the Development of a Great Personality by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1909)
"... but the music for the hands presents the interesting quality of being on the
lines of the Pachelbel type of the chorale prelude, the musical figures ..."
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