H242

Präludium in F Major — Wedding Processional

Fanny Hensel had asked her brother Felix—who was abroad in London—to write a wedding processional for her. But a couple weeks before the wedding, Felix was injured badly enough that he could not compose or travel back to Berlin for the wedding. So in late September 1829, a few days before the wedding, Fanny wrote this piece—the first she ever composed for organ, and one of only two she ever completed.

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HenselPushers edition notes:

• This work appears in MA Ms. 22/A,4.

• Thank you to Andrea Hartenfeller for reviewing this score with an organist’s eyes!