The cantata “Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut” (All glory to the Lord of Lords) BWV 117 is one of a small group of Bach’s chorale cantatas which use exclusively the text of the chorale
simple passages for the choir in unison
The "Geistliche Chor-Music 1648"
is characterized by he carefully thought-out musical realization of the meaning of the text
thus enabling them make their entrances in the movements which follow these recitatives
Gottwald/Fauré: Deux Melodies series__Das Töchterlein des Jairus op. 32 (Rheinberger) The cantata “Sei Lob undIn the 1880s Fauré, discovered the poetry of Paul Verlaine, which found its expression in the song cycle La Bonne Chanson (1892 93), upon which the present transcription of La Lune blanche is based. In this cycle Fauré, pursued the plan to condense the songs into a cycle through thematic development. The cycle entitled Mirages was composed in 1919. In the last song, Danseuse, Fauré, reduces the music to a bare rhythmic ostinato,