Schütz

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Schütz

Basil Smallman

（Master musicians series）

Oxford University Press, 2000

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List of works: p. 191-198

Includes bibliography (p. 206-209) and index

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Description

Now regarded as one of the greatest composers in early musical history, Heinrich Schutz cultivated all the principal forms of Lutheran sacred music, serving as Kapellmeister to the electoral court at Dresden from 1615 to his death in 1672. Since, however, his work is so intensely bound up with the German biblical language, the full magnitude of his achievement has only gradually been recognized outside his native country. Here Basil Smallman brings the composer and his work vividly alive for the non-German reader. His principal works are examined in chronological order, with interspersed biographical chapters covering his years in Italy and Denmark, his relationships with leading musicians and patrons, the hardships of the Thirty Years War, and the machinations of court life. One of the greatest creative figures of his time, Schutz emerges as a giant amongst his lesser contemporaries. This book will bring him and his work to a new and international audience.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Map of Northern Europe c. 1648
  • Introduction
  • The Early Years, 1585-1612
  • the first visit to Venice
  • The Italian Madrigals of 1611
  • The Move to Dresden in 1617
  • The Music of 1619-23: The Psalmen Davids and the Resurrection History
  • The Music of 1625-8: The Cantiones sacrae and the Becker Psalter
  • The Return to Venice in 1628: The Symphoniae sacrae I
  • Dresden and Copenhagen, 1630-6: The Musikalische Exequien
  • War and Desolation, 1636-45. The Kleine geistliche Konzerte
  • Change and Controversy, 1645-56. The Death of the Elector Johann Georg
  • The Music of 1645-7: The Seven Words of Christ and the Symphoniae sacrae II
  • The Music of 1648-50: The Geistliche Chor-Music and the Symphoniae sacrae III
  • The Final Years of Achievement, 1657-70
  • The Late Biblical Dramas: The Christmas History and the Three Passions
  • Swan-song, 1670-2. Psalm 119: Opus Ultimum
  • Appendices
  • Calendar
  • List of Works
  • Personalia
  • Select bibliography
  • Index

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