Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 (Complete Edition, vol. 12) Stuttgart Schütz Edition by Andrea Gabrieli Choir - Sheet Music

SSATTB chorus

SKU: CA.2091200

Stuttgart Schütz Edition. 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. Carus digital: Sheet music as PDF. 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 9783899482546. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

When it comes to paying tribute to Heinrich Schütz’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.