Editing Lutheran chorale (section)

==Compositions based on Lutheran chorales==
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{{see also|Chorale setting|Chorale fantasia}}
[[File:BWV739.png|thumb|240px|The autograph of Bach's chorale prelude on the hymn "[[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern]]", [[BWV 739]]]]

===Vocal===
{{see also|Chorale monody|Chorale concerto|Chorale cantata|Chorale motet|Four-part harmony}}

===Organ===
{{See also|Chorale prelude|Chorale partita|Chorale setting (organ)}}
Chorales also appear in [[chorale prelude]]s, pieces generally for [[organ (music)|organ]] originally designed to be played immediately before the congregational singing of the hymn, but developed into an autonomous genre by north-German composers of the middle and late 17th century, particularly Dieterich Buxtehude.{{sfn|Marshall|2001}} A chorale prelude includes the melody of the chorale, and adds [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] lines. One of the first composers to write chorale preludes was Samuel Scheidt. Bach's many chorale preludes are the best-known examples of the form. Later composers of the chorale prelude include Johannes Brahms, for example in his [[Eleven Chorale Preludes]], and Max Reger who composed many examples, including ''[[Max Reger works#40|Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern]]'' (based on [[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern|the hymn]] by Philipp Nicolai). In the 20th century, important contributions to the genre were made by Hugo Distler and Ernst Pepping.{{sfn|Marshall|2001}}

===Other instrumental===
*[[Sofia Gubaidulina]] – ''Meditation über den Bach-Choral "Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit"'', for harpsichord, two violins, viola, cello, and contrabass (1993)