Stretto entries of a highly chromatic subject in works like " Missa in fletu solatium " result in strong dissonances ( the mass in question, commemorating the events of a Turkish siege that cost Kerll's friend, Alessandro Poglietti, his life, contains a continuo part that includes an " avoid consonances " warning from the composer ).
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It opens with the usual " Kyrie Eleison "; then follow the invocations of the Trinity, but with amplifications, e . g . " Pater de celis deus, qui elegisti Mariam semper virginem, miserere nobis "; these are followed by invocations of the Virgin Mary in a long series of praises, of which a brief selection will be enough : " Sancta Maria, stirps patriarcharum, vaticinium prophetarum, solatium apostolorum, rosa martirum, predicatio confessorum, lilium virginum, ora pro nobis benedictum ventris tui fructum "; " Sancta Maria, spes humilium, refugium pauperum, portus naufragantium, medicina infirmorum, ora pro nobis benedictum ventris tui fructum "; etc . This goes on for more than fifty times, always repeating the invocation " Sancta Maria ", but varying the laudatory titles given.
