12 Preludes - No. 7-12

0:00 7 – Andante
2:08 8 – Andante
3:38 9 – Andante maestoso
6:30 10 – Allegro
7:53 11 – Grave
10:31 12 - Andante moderato assai, Allegro assai vivace

Moritz Deutsch (1818–1892), the German cantor and religious musician in Breslau, was, like many of his peers—such as Joseph Schmidt—also active in the secular music world. It is recorded that, as an excellent singer, he performed “Siegmund’s Love Song” from Richard Wagner’s opera *Die Walküre* “with great nobility” as a soloist in Breslau in 1863 under Wagner’s conducting (source: Laurentius Musikverlag).
His Preludes 7 and 8 are intended for the Dedication and Destruction of the Temple, while Preludes 9 through 12 are intended for the New Year and Day of Atonement. He also recommends all 12 pieces for home music-making.
Many synagogue organs were—or are—instruments with up to two manuals and approximately 10 to 20 stops. The Sauer organ in the Breslau synagogue was significantly larger and was expanded to over 50 stops in the early 1930s. Neither the temple nor the instrument survived Kristallnacht in 1938.
The choice of the former Aeolian-Skinner (1951) organ at Redeemer Church in New Haven was influenced by the possibility of best reproducing the archaic tonal diversity of these preludes according to my vision, while retaining the Romantic intonations. Enchanting No. 7, with the 16’ bass clarinet in the leading voice, or the harmonies of the Grave (No. 11) set over 6b.

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