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Chorale setting

Chorale settings refer to a wide variety of musical compositions, almost entirely of Protestant origin, which use a chorale as their basis. A chorale is a simple melody, often based on Gregorian

Further reading#

  • Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W. W. Norton & Co., 1947. *
Genre family
Classical church music