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Play, download and edit the free video Schmcke dich, o liebe Seele (Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness) - J.S. Bach, played by Brent te Velde.

Schmücke dich is one of the "Great Eighteen" chorale preludes that Bach composed while working in Weimar, Germany. Later, during his final post as Kantor of the St. Thomas Church of Leipzig, he revised the pieces to the versions commonly played today. This piece is an "ornamented" chorale prelude, in which the phrases of the chorale (represented in our hymnal as 339 Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness) are individually elaborated with heavy ornamentation using a solo registration. Bach's ornamented chorales are some of his most soulful, and he interprets "schmücke," or adorn, by adorning the melody with French ornamentation.

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