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Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672): Choral Composer Extraordinaire

these performances, a young conductor might think: Spagnoli, Gina. Letters and Documents of Heinrich Schütz,
“my choir could never do that.” In such situations, the 1656–1672: An Annotated Translation. Ann Arbor, MI:
educational value of the music must override any urge UMI Research Press, ca. 1990.
to duplicate a commercial recording. Composers, old
or new, ask only that their music be performed as mu- Wedgewood, C. V. The Thirty Years War (London: Jon-
sically as possible, even if that involves concessions to athan Cape, Ltd.: 1938), repr. Anchor Books, Garden
the reality of the choir’s perceived level of ability. The City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1961.
author has frequently performed works by Schütz with
undergraduate singers, and they have been consistently
enthralled. They work because they derive their total Select Discography
essence from the words—their meaning, syntax, and
punctuation—and gain considerable emotional impact Psalmen Davids, op. 2
from the respect shown for the text.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied SWV 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIVe_F63bQM
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Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt SWV 36
Alwes, Chester L. A History of Western Choral Music, 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj-bGUWKdXM
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Cantiones sacrae, op. 4
Grass, Günther, The Meeting at Telgte (Das Treffen in Tel-

gte). English translation by Ralph Mannheim © 1979, Ego sum tui plaga doloris, SWV 57
Hermann Luchterhand Verlag (Darmstadt). © 1981, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ll_vjRjhs
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Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat SWV 63
Moser, Hans Joachim. Heinrich Schütz: Life and Works. St. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs59lc58T0w
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Cantate Domino
Rifkin, Joshua, Eva Linfield, Derek McCullough, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHOb4_3R5Y

Stephen Baron. “Heinrich Schütz,” New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians (NG2) ed. Stanley Sadie and John Domine ne in furore tuas arguas me SWV 85
Tyrrell London: MacMillan, 2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0mkUph9aes

Schütz, Heinrich (1585–1672). Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Pater noster, SWV 89
Werke Herausgegeben im Auftrag der Internationalen Heinrich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK36OBEf8Qg
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Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11
Skei, Allen B. Heinrich Schütz: A Guide to Research. New
York: Garland Press, 1981. Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt SWV 380
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