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Heinrich Schütz
12+ albums
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Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the first half of the seventeenth century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is thought to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627; the music has since been lost, however. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 28th July, with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. He was buried in the Dresden Frauenkirche. Schütz's compositions show the influence of his teacher Giovanni Gabrieli (displayed most notably in Schütz's use of resplendent polychoral and concertato styles) and of Monteverdi. Additionally, the influence of the Dutch composers of the sixteenth century is also prominent in his work. His best known works are in the field of sacred music, ranging from solo voice with instrumental accompaniment to a cappella choral music. Schütz's music, while starting off in the most progressive styles early in his career, eventually grows into a style that is simple and almost austere, culminating in his late Passion settings. Practical considerations were certainly responsible for part of this change: the Thirty Years' War had devastated the musical infrastructure of Germany, and it was no longer practical or even possible to put on the gigantic works in the Venetian style which mar
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Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, SWV 148
3,5942So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ, SWV 379
3,5013Erhore Mich, Wenn Ich Rufe
2,4444Geistliche Chormusik: Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 384 (For unto us a child is born)
2,1265Cantate Domino Canticum Novum (Schutz)
1,8606Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
1,4777Das ist je gewisslich wahr (SWV 277)
1,3998Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, SWV 280
1,2909Conclusio
1,22910Musicalische Exequien, SWV 279: Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Missa: Nacket bin ich
1,123albums
Schutz: Musicalische Exequien / Busspsalmen
Schütz: Musicalische Exequien
Weihnachtshistorie (Christmas History)
A Festive Baroque Christmas
Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae III, Op. 12
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Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 (Complete Recording Vol. 1)
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Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 (Weser-Renaissance Bremen feat. director: Manfred Cordes)
Schütz: Auferstehungshistorie (Complete Recording Vol. 9)
Schütz: Psalms Of David
Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik
Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien