Definition of Chorale prelude

1. Noun. A composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations.

Generic synonyms: Prelude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chorale Prelude

chopsocky
chopsteak
chopstick
chopsticks
chopstix
chopt
choque
chor
choragi
choragic
choragus
choraguses
choral
choral ode
chorale
chorale prelude (current term)
choralelike
chorales
choralist
choralists
chorally
choralography
chorals
chord
chord-
chord progression
chord progressions
chorda
chorda-mesoderm
chorda dorsalis

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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