Bach worked out 46 chorales in more detail, while of 117 only the title was written down. The chorales from Advent to Easter survived almost in their entirety. The spacious scale passages, at times stretching across 3 octaves, are supposed to symbolize the hovering of the angels. Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich aller Kreature, denn Gottes Sohn vom Himmelreich ber die Nature von einer Jungfrau ist geborn. Gottes Sohn vom Himmelreich, der ist Mensch geboren.
Unrestrained jubilation is expressed in the middle parts.
In dulci jubilo with its altogether four stanzas survived in this German-Latin form well into our times. Much of the joy is expressed in the figuration of triplets. The anapaestic, arrogant motif in the two middle parts appears as a celebration of triumph. Mostly held in parallel thirds and sixths it emphasizes the joy at Christ's resurrection.