Christmas Oratorio-Probably first performed in 1660 this is the first German musical version of the Christmas Story in which the words are narrated by the Evangelist as accompanied recitative and not set to music in the form of unaccompanied chorales.
Heinrich Schütz: Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi: Mixed Choir: Parts
Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi (SCHUTZ HEINRICH)