Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig chorale preludes were compiled during the latter years of his life, when he was at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. These works had their origin earlier in his career, and there is a great diversity of style and compositional technique found in the set. A grander opening to this compilation one can scarcely imagine. The melody, or cantus firmus, of Komm, Heiliger Geist (Come, Holy Ghost, a hymn for Pentecost, itself based upon the Gregorian Veni Creator Spiritus) is heard in the pedal throughout the work, with rapid figurations in the manuals
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