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Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 691 is a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from the Baroque era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 5, an estimate.
- source presented keyboard chorale setting
- Baroque
- gentle
- melancholic
- ornaments
- voicing
Also known as J. S. Bach; Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Choral) BWV 691.
History
A decorated singing line floats above slower supporting voices. Listen to a whole phrase rather than each small note: the ornaments should enrich the tune without interrupting its direction. The pickup leads naturally into the first full measure.
Sources
How to practise it
- Bring out the singing line while keeping the slower support quiet and connected.
- Start ornaments slowly enough to hear the main note and its continuation.
How hard is it
Level 5, estimated
Three independent voices begin in the pickup; the following measure adds sixteenth- and thirty-second-note decorations. The short extent does not remove the challenge of sustaining inner voices while making 22 ornaments sound unforced.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude in C major, BWV 846Level 4, estimatedOpen to everyone
- Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV 772Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
- Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. PrestoLevel 9, estimatedWith Maestro
