The Book of Psalms exhorts us frequently to use our instruments and voices in praise of the Lord, and few composers have taken this injunction to heart as thoroughly as Heinrich Schütz, the 17th ...

Mit ihrem Programm „pietosissimo amore” stellt canto chiaro zwei außergewöhnliche Stimmen des Frühbarock gegenüber: Barbara ...

Er setze seine 'ganze Sorgfalt' und all seinen 'Fleiß' daran, dass seine 'Beschäftigung mit der Musik und alle Mühen dabei zuallererst dem Ruhme der Allmacht Gottes' diene. Das betont Heinrich Schütz ...

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From 1618 through 1648, the Thirty Years’ War brought incessant hardship to the populace of central Europe. Heinrich Schütz, the greatest German composer of the 17th century, was 33 years old when the ...

What soundtrack to the Passion of the Christ, Pesach, or the Easter bunny? Bach wrote eight cantatas for Easter that survived, the Easter-Oratorio, and the two Passions. That’s standard stuff and ...

Donald Macleod delves into the early life of the great German composer Heinrich Schütz, when the boy’s musical talents were discovered by an aristocrat. Show more Donald Macleod delves into the early ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the music of Heinrich Schütz, a 17th century pathbreaker whose work is largely unknown today. By Anthony Tommasini The professor who taught ...

Heinrich Schütz was presumably the first internationally renowned German composer. In the 40 years he spent as court "kapellmeister" in Dresden, he left a strong impression on musical life in Europe.