Es stehn für Gottes Throne

Buttstett's prelude tot "Es stehn für Gottes Throne" is a three part piece, with the choral melody in the soprano voice. Intruiging is that in the manuscript source the scribe in three different places notates only half a bar. Perhaps in those places a half note rest is meant, though that seems strange as it interrupts the musical flow, and that does not seem very idiomatic for Buttstett's music. In the score I provide a suggestion to fill in these empty moments. If you want to play what's in the manuscript, just ignore the small notes and 'play' rests instead.

Score available here: http://partitura.org/index.php/johann-heinrich-buttstett-es-stehn-fur-gottes-throne