Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 chorale prelude
Composition Year 1750 in 18 Chorale Preludes (No.18)*
Genre Categories Chorale preludes; For organ; Scores featuring the organ; For 1 player; For 5 flutes (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 5 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 recorders (arr); For 4 players (arr); For violin, 2 violas, cello (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten (BWV 668a)

For 5 Recorders (Tennent)

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Rdtennent (2013/5/21)

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For 4 Recorders (Mondrup)

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Reccmo (2017/12/11)

Publisher Info. Christian Mondrup
Performers Computer
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Sheet Music

Scores

Fragment (BWV 668)

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Fugalicious (2018/7/9)

Editor Hans Klotz (1900-1987)
Publisher. Info. Orgelwerke, Band 2 (pp.113-14)
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1958. Plate BA 5172.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 12 × 9 inches.
All prefaces and editor's commentary have been removed.
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Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten (BWV 668a)

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Carolus (2017/9/30)

Editor Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Die Kunst der Fuge (pp.66-67)
Berlin: [C.P.E. Bach], n.d.[1751].
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Carolus (2018/11/21)

Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 25.2 (pp.145-46)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1878. Plate B.W. XXV (2).
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Carolus (2018/11/21)

Editor Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Publisher. Info. Œuvres complètes pour orgue, Vol.2, Cah.4 (pp.73-74)
Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1920. Plate D. & F. 9448.
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 Complete Score (4 Voiced Version) (EU)
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 Complete Score (Organ/Keyboard Version) (EU)
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Sallen112 (2021/8/15)

Editor Klaus Hofmann (b. 1939)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VIII, Band 2.1 (pp.104-05, 180-81)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1995. Plate BA 5082.
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 Complete Score
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wrshannon (2012/3/28)

Editor Roland Lopes
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten (BWV 668a)

For 5 Flutes (Kamioka)

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Hideo Kamioka (2011/6/12)

Arranger Hideo Kamioka
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Misc. Notes For 3 flutes, alto flute and bass flute
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For 5 Recorders (Tennent)

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Rdtennent (2013/5/21)

Arranger R.D. Tennent
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For 4 Recorders (Mondrup)

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Reccmo (2017/12/11)

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Reccmo (2017/12/11)

Arranger Christian Mondrup (b. 1947)
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For Violin, 2 Violas and Cello (Bridson)

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⇒ 4 more: Violin • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello

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 Viola 2
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 Cello
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Rbridson (2014/1/12)

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For Piano (Strizek)

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Arranger Andrei Strizek
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For Piano (Sun)

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Ruoshi (2016/4/10)

Arranger Ruoshi Sun
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Recordings Piano performance by Ruoshi Sun (2023)
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General Information

Work Title Praeludium super 'Vor deinen Thron tret' ich'
Alternative. Title Wenn wir in hoechsten Noethen, Canto fermo in Canto
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 668, 668a
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 672
Key G major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 chorale prelude
BWV 668 (fragmnent, 26 bars)
BWV 668a (45 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1750 in 18 Chorale Preludes (No.18)*
First Publication. 1751 as appendix to Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation organ
Primary Sources Bach Digital (BWV 668)
Bach Digital (BWV 668a)
D-B, Mus.ms. Bach P 271 (2s), p.106
External Links Wikipedia article (Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes)
Extra Information *Deathbed dictation to Johann Christoph Altnikol (1719-1759). The source for BWV 668 has only a 26-bar fragment. The work commonly encountered is a completion based upon BWV 668a, which was published by C.P.E. after the composer's death.
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