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Schein: O Herr Jesu Christe

This brief, gentle Schein motet is distinguished by the touching simplicity of its text-setting. Unusual for his composer is the use of hocketing: short interjections volleying between the two sopranos (and occasionally the tenors) while the rest of the choir moves serenely below.

©John Harbison

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Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)

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