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Sehet, welch eine Liebe begins as a motet: four voices build the text through imitation, doubled by cornett, trombones and strings. The first chorale follows this close polyphony immediately. Their proximity gives the opening a gravity deliberately removed from a merely brilliant Christmas sound.
An alto recitative then turns the work towards renunciation of the world. A second chorale interrupts the course before the soprano aria, then the bass prepares a more intimate alto aria. The third chorale, on the Jesu, meine Freude melody, closes eight movements without restoring the opening forces.
In the first chorus, tune instrumental doublings to the voices and keep entries intelligible. Treat the three chorales as different stages rather than identical refrains. Soprano and alto should ground their arias in the continuo and partner instruments while retaining direct diction.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 28 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The PDF contains all eight movements, including the opening motet chorus, three chorales, two arias and two recitatives.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.