About this work
This extensive group of chorales is not a cycle conceived as a single continuous whole. It gathers varied settings associated with the BWV range from 690 to 724: some clearly expose the cantus firmus, while others fragment or ornament it, or surround it with freer counterpoint. Each piece therefore requires its own listening key.
Textures move between two-stave writing and layouts with a separate pedal part, while the chorale melody may change voice. The first task is to find it, then identify the motif organising the accompaniment. Gathering these pieces under one cover should not erase questions of transmission or attribution attached to individual entries.
Choose a few contrasting chorales rather than reading the collection as a long uniform suite. Sing the cantus firmus, locate ornaments and cadences, then build a registration suited to its place in the texture. Note documentary differences instead of imposing the same pedal use and touch throughout.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 58 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. Under a historical title, the PDF gathers thirty-five chorales associated with the BWV range from 690 to 724; it does not document the critical provenance of each piece separately.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.