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Die Sieben Worte (Score) 50.032/00 and reflecting the latest stateUnlike the well known settings of the "Seven Last Words" by Schtz or Haydn, in his opulently scored composition Franck provides commentary to the words of Jesus with excerpts from the Old and New Testaments as well as from portions of the "Stabat Mater". In his transposition of the Latin text into music Franck reveals a rich palette of compositional parameters: different sized ensembles, exciting orchestration, formal variety and sophisticated