Stuttgart Schutz Edition: Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 (Complete Edition, vol. 12)
by Andrea Gabrieli
Score - Sheet Music

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.