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"We can compare Bach's chorales and arias to the rose windows of cathedrals, in which reflections continually change from brilliant major to somber minor. These rose windows arethe soul of the cathedrals and they speak to the innermost part of human beings. So too do Bach's chorales and arias. They constitute the romantic element of his innermost output and they speak to us like no other romanticism." [Walter Rummel, 1950]