 Telemann, however, fits the words to the music that he writes, to the extent that many parts of recitatives are either elongated or repeated verbatim.Telemann wrote 6 Passion Oratorios (all of which were not used in the liturgy proper, but were still used in the church [either in the lesser churches or during the period between Judica Sunday and Good Friday, when it was traditional to have virtually non-stop Passion performances in the churches]).His 1716 Passion oratorio "Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte Jesus" ("Jesus Who was martyred for the Sins of the World", TWV 5