Description
This D minor setting of the same hymn, "Be Content and Be Still," offers a different harmonic color from its F major counterpart. The minor key lends a slightly more introspective shading, illustrating how the same melodic line can take on a new character through different harmonization. Brief and beginner-level, it is well suited to practicing attentive listening to harmonic shifts beneath a sustained melody.
Chorale settings by Bach, weaving intricate counterpoint around hymn melodies into solemn, prayerful music.
Sheet Music
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About the Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach was the towering figure of German Baroque music, serving for decades as Cantor of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Renowned for his mastery of counterpoint, he laid the foundations of keyboard music with works such as The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Inventions. This site includes 229 of his pieces, including numerous chorale settings and arias.
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