Two Chorale Preludes I. Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (A Lovely Rose is Blooming), Op. 122, No. 8 II. O Gott, Du frommer Gott (O God, Thou Holy God), Op. 122, No. 7 Johannes Brahms Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria Composed: 1896 Original Instrumentation: Organ Transcribed: Ralph Guenther, 1958 Duration: 8 minutes Brahms composed eleven Chorale Preludes for organ in May and June, 1896, shortly prior to his death. Arthur Egidi, in an articl