- Cantata - Multi movement, Protestant (Lutheran), German
- Large Orchestra used - to demonstrate wealth & power of Church
- Cantus Firmus - Bar 15
- Text in German, not Latin - indicates Roman Catholic Church
- Grand scale - several movements
- Congregation used & orchestra doubling
- Choir employed by the church
- Words from bible quotation
- Plagal cadences e.g. movement 1 bar 138
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