ed. Milada Jonášová
Sehling’s pastoral compositions represent a unique body of work in the field of Czech sacred music during the “pre-Brixi” period, which was a stylistically transitional period. As time went by, there were increasing numbers of compositions from the category of pastorellas, “natalitias”, or “adventualias”, and Sehling (1710–1756) was one of the composers of such pieces.
In terms of style, he is one of the composers who abandoned some elements of Baroque music, thereby laying the groundwork for the arrival of a new musical style. His four Pastorellas constitute a specific group of formally simple Latin-language sacred compositions.