Opus 26

   Festival Preludes on Six Chorales

         Concordia, 1963. 97-4608

         (The chorale preludes from this opus were also published in The Master Organ Works of Jan Bender, ed. David Fienen. Concordia 2005. No. 2 in vol. 1 97-7098 and the others in vol. 4 97-7101.)

             6 organ chorale preludes and 7 accompaniments

                      Composed: 1961

                       This collection originally included op. 29 no. 3f-g (according to the composer's Werkverzeichnis 1 )

             Contents:

                  Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (no. 1)

                      (composed: Aug. 61)

                       [The composer told me once that he didn't like the chords he had written at the repeat in this chorale prelude and I have subsequently uncovered two different corrections he made in printed versions (see below). However, I have always preferred the printed versions and when Bender borrowed my score to use to play for chapel at Gustavus, it came back with fingering and pedalings marked in his own hand, but no corrections. Therefore, in my new edition published by Concordia, I did not include either of these corrections.]

                  Lobe den Herren, o meine Seele (no. 2)

                  Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (no. 3)

                  Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (no. 4)

                      includes two accompaniments 

                      (composed: Sept. 61)

                       (also publ. in Augsburg Organ Library: November. Augsburg Fortress 2000. 11-11035)

                  Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein (no. 5)

                      (composed: Sept. 61)

                  Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (no. 6)

 

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Correction to measures 29-30 of chorale prelude Lobe den Herren, den (opus 26 no. 1)

These corrections were marked (and signed) by Bender himself in a student's copy in 1963.

 

Correction to measure 30 of chorale prelude Lobe den Herren, den (opus 26 no. 1)

This correction is from Bender's own Desk Copy

Correction to Chorale Accompaniment Lobe den Herren, den (opus 26 no. 1)

These corrections are from Bender's own Desk Copy and reflect his adaptation to the differences found

in the melody in most modern hymnals in America.

His original version was based on the melody as included in The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941.

 

 

Correction to measure 6 of Chorale Accompaniment Erhalt uns, Herr (opus 26 no. 6)

This is from Bender's own Desk Copy.