Vier Präludien für Orgel - Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697). 

Try Pachelbel and Muffat

Absolutely. The fine tradition of German organ works culminated in J. S Bach, who admired Buxtehude, Bruhns, Pachelbel-- in fact, it's hard to think of a Baroque composer both preceding and contemporaneous to Bach who didn't influence him in some way.

Pachelbel and Muffat belong on that list as well

As a violinist and an organist, that is so insanely difficult.

@@brysonstevens1431 I can imagine that. I have a private organ pupil that's violinist too, but he doesn't challenge himself playing both instruments simultaneously.

Bach paid homage to a number of composers: Toccata & Fugue in D min BWV 565 (Pachelbel Fantasia in D min quote Bach used for the subject of the Fugue), Passacaglia in C min (Andre Raison, Christe: Trio en passacaille from Messe du Deuxième ton), a number Fugues on subjects of different composers. Besides the Harpsichord and Organ Transcriptions (including the G major of his student in composition ) Bach's Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden is a parody cantata based on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Bach possessed a variety of compositions of composers (including contemporaries, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and Georg Phillip Telemann) and copied Nicolas de Grigny Premier livre d'orgue in 1713. Bach possessed the most eclectic taste and definitely the highest honor to be included in his collection.

Renshen1957 Right on! Even some of his best pupils' works also had the honor of being selected for some of his arrangements/transcriptions (like the Goldberg Veränderungen).

Irineo Romero Quite true about his pupils, the Organ Concerto in C and G major are arrangements of his student (and student Bach's cousin J Walter) Prince Johann Ernst von Saxe-Weimar's violin concertos. Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar died at a young age 18 from either an leg infection received during a carriage accident (or from possibly a metastatic sarcoma (so says wikipedia??). Following his death, six of the prince's concertos were sent to Telemann, who edited and published them in 1718 which Johann Ernst had started to have them set before his death. Telemann's own first publication, a 1715 set of six violin sonatas, was dedicated to Johann Ernst. The prince studied at the University of Utrecht between February 1711 and July 1713. It is thought that Johann Ernst furthered his understanding of music at this time. From Utrecht, he could visit such centres as Amsterdam and Düsseldorf and it is known that he had copies of Italian music sent back to Weimar. (Household bills for the year from 1 June following his return record the cost of copying, binding and shelving music.) In particular, it is thought that he might have encountered Vivaldi's opus 3 set of violin concertos. The prince's interest in collecting music was sufficiently well known that P. D. Kräuter, when requesting leave of absence to study with Bach in Weimar, mentioned the French and Italian music that the prince was expected to introduce there. Kräuter also praised Johann Ernst's virtuosity as a violinist. The Bach transcriptions were created roughly during the period July 1713-July 1714 between Johann Ernst's return from Utrecht and the prince's final departure from Weimar. There is some scholarly debate on Johann Ernst's role in the creation of these arrangements, whether he commissioned some from one or both of the musicians or whether Bach, in particular, was studying some of the works collected by the prince for their own sake. There are suggestions that on a visit to Amsterdam in February 1713 the Prince may have heard the blind organist J. J. de Graff, who is known to have played keyboard arrangements of other composers' concertos.In any case, Bach's encounter with the prince's collection, and especially the Italian music it contained, had a profound influence on the development of the composer's musical style.

Renshen1957 Yup, Walther wrote a Choral for organ titled "Jesu, meine Freude" if I'm not mistaken, which I heard live played at a big 4-manual pipe organ. It was excellent I thought, although not as inspired as Bach himself (nobody could have hoped to do that, certainly). The prince's concert was arragned for organ by Bach in G-major and it's very sweet/inspired IMHO. I've heard it played at a great Silbermann organ in Sachsen-Weimar, if I'm not mistaken.You should try to locate it, I suggest. Greetings Sir :) .

Sure thing and thank you very much for your info, Sir. Was Johann Andreas or Gottfried its builder? Greetings back there :) .

+rp1703 He died ob tuberculosis.

Unfortunately, he died from black plague at the tender age of 31. The fact he died so young and that only 5 of his organ works have survived is to be regretted.

Yes, indeed. I love the works of Bruhns.

Dale Rider well you obviously haven't heard Ton Koopman's version then lol you're pretty funny

+Lionel Mercier Vater-orgel ST. Petrikirche Melle (bei Osnabrück).

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Bach did steal only as admiration.

*grins

right!