SKU: CA.2091200
Composed by Andrea
Gabrieli and Heinrich
Schutz. Edited by Michael
Heinemann. This edition:
hardcover, complete
edition. Cycles: Schutz:
Geistliche Chormusik 1648
SWV 369-397. Complete
editions / Selected
works: Monument editions,
Heinrich Schutz Complete
Edition. Geistliche
Chormusik. Sacred vocal
music, Motets. Full score
(complete edition /
selected edition). 344
pages. Carus Verlag #CV
20.912/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.2091200).
ISBN
9790007167561.
When
it comes to paying
tribute to Heinrich
Schutz's compositional
achievement, in his art
his treatment of the text
and language must be
mentioned first. The
Geistliche Chor-Music
1648, a collection of 29
motets for five to seven
voices and one of his
most important works, is
characterized by he
carefully thought-out
musical realization of
the meaning of the text.
In his detailed foreword
to the collection the
composer presented these
as models for composition
without a basso continuo
- it was his conviction
that very young composer
should obtain the
properfoundation for a
good counterpoint.
Despite the strict
counterpoint,
stylistically speaking
from an earlier era, the
Musicus poeticus imbued
his works with a strongly
expressive character. The
individual motets are
structured differently
and they differ -
according to content - in
their length and
character. Short, rather
straightforward pieces
stand alongside long,
worked-out pieces with
greater expressive
intensity, and cheerful,
optimistic works are
juxtaposed with plaintive
ones. Separate editions
available.
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