The chorale was the exact opposite of the motette of the Netherlands.
Likewise the notation of a Chorale with a figured bass should not be omitted.
It is not a play, it is a chorale of woe, malediction, and want.
Then came the epistle, the litany (which was sung), and the prelude to the chorale.
Oppositional splendour is there, and the stained radiance of a Bachian chorale.
The chorale was introduced by Luther; it was perfected by Bach.
Then all the congregation sang the chorale, and the choir kept silence.
With them the popular type of tune was the chorale; and here they refused to give way to popular clamour.
Later the chorale is sounded by the full band, with intermediate beats of rhythmic march.
Of his compositions there remain four suites for orchestra, some small pieces for cembalo and some chorale arrangements.
