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Buxtehude's variation set of ''Ach Gott und Herr'', BuxWV 177, consists of two verses.  In the first verse, the chorale tune is found in the tenor voice in long note values with a half-note rest between each phrase of the chorale.  In the second verse the tune appears in playfully virtuosic figurations, written in mostly 16th notes in the descant.  The length of the first verse is 22 measures long, with the second variation being 20 measures.
Buxtehude's variation set of ''Ach Gott und Herr'', BuxWV 177, consists of two verses.  In the first verse, the chorale tune is found in the tenor voice in long note values with a half-note rest between each phrase of the chorale.  In the second verse the tune appears in playfully virtuosic figurations, written in mostly 16th notes in the descant.  The length of the first verse is 22 measures long, with the second variation being 20 measures.
Staff notation on three staves, with four systems per page.


==Registration and Organs==
==Registration and Organs==
The cantus firmus in the first verse can be performed on a separate manual, or on a 4' stop in the pedal.
The cantus firmus in the first verse can be performed on a separate manual, or on a 4' stop in the pedal.
 
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==Fingering and Pedaling==
==Fingering and Pedaling==

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one of the Chorale Preludes by Dieterich Buxtehude

Background

Buxtehude's variation set of Ach Gott und Herr, BuxWV 177, consists of two verses. In the first verse, the chorale tune is found in the tenor voice in long note values with a half-note rest between each phrase of the chorale. In the second verse the tune appears in playfully virtuosic figurations, written in mostly 16th notes in the descant. The length of the first verse is 22 measures long, with the second variation being 20 measures. Staff notation on three staves, with four systems per page.

Registration and Organs

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Tune Melody in its original Dorian version, also set by Samuel Scheidt in his Tabulatur-Buch (Görlitz, 1650): [1]

Text and Translation of Chorale: [2]

Notes

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