Complex sentence: The first section ("Germanen durschreiten des Urwaldes Nacht ") is in D minor and the sharply dotted leaping octave motive at the beginning is a slightly altered variant of the Festive cantata"Preiset den Herrn".
Split into simpler sentences: The first section ("Germanen durschreiten des Urwaldes Nacht ") is in D minor. The sharply dotted leaping octave motive at the beginning is a slightly altered variant of the Festive cantata"Preiset den Herrn".