Buxtehude
Americannoun
noun
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A Buxtehude prelude preceding “Herr, unser Herrscher” amplifies the disconcerting power of Bach’s music: you feel it thunder through the door.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016
The Crossing, led with unflappable poise by its director, Donald Nally, performed the Buxtehude cantatas accompanied by the pliant period-instrument ensemble Quicksilver.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
They’ll perform rarely heard pieces from 17th-century Germany from composers such as Dietrich Buxtehude and J.C.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2014
He once walked 260 miles just to meet the organist Dietrich Buxtehude and learn more about his compositional secrets.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2010
Once he asked for a month's leave of absence to visit Lübeck, where the celebrated Buxtehude was playing the organ in the Marien Kirche during Advent.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette
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