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Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672

Heinrich Schütz (Henricus Sagittarius) was born in 1585, just a hundred years before Bach and Handel. 

Composer and organist

  • Heinrich Schütz 
Nationality:
German

Works

Deutsches Magnificat (for double choir), SWV 468
Kleine Geistliche Konzerte: 'Herr, ich hoffe darauf', SWV 312
Kleine Geistliche Konzerte: 'Himmel und Erde vergehen', SWV 300
Kleine Geistliche Konzerte: 'Ihr Heiligen, Lobsinget dem Herren', SWV 288
Motet: 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt' SWV 393 ('I know that my redeemer lives')
Motet: 'Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk', SWV 382 (Isaiah 40: 'Comfort ye, my people')
Motet: 'Die Himmel erzhälen die Ehre Gottes', SWV 386 ('The heavens declare the glory of God')
Motet: 'Ein Kind ist uns geboren' SWV 384 ('Unto us a child is born')
Motet: 'Ich bin eine rufende Stimme', SWV 383
Motet: 'Inter brachia salvatoris mei' SWV 82
Motet: 'Selig sind die Toten', SWV 391
Motet: 'Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele?' SWV 353
Oratorio: Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi (Weihnachtshistorie), SWV 435
Psalm: 'Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt', (Psalm 23)
Psalm: 'Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt', (Psalm 100)
Symphonia sacra: "Lamentatio Davidi"
Symphonia sacra: "Anima mea liquefacta est"
Symphonia sacra: "Freuet euch des Herrn ihr Gerechten"
Two Motets from "Cantiones Sacrae" (1625)

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