Heinrich Schütz

Heinrich Schütz (October 9, 1585 – November 6, 1672) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and is often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is thought to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627; however, the music has since been lost.

Works

The following are published works. Most of these contain multiple pieces of music; there are over 500 total surviving individual pieces by Schütz.

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• Il primo libro de madrigali (first book of madrigals) (Venice, 1611)
• Psalmen Davids (Book 1) (Dresden, 1619)
• Historia der frölichen und siegreichen Aufferstehung ... (History of the Resurrection of Jesus) (Dresden, 1623)
• Cantiones sacrae (Freiberg, 1625)
• Psalmen Davids (Book 2) (Freiberg, 1628)
• Symphoniae sacrae (Book 1) (Venice, 1629)
• Musicalische Exequien (Dresden, 1636)
• Kleiner geistlichen Concerten (Book 1) (Leipzig, 1636)
• Symphoniae sacrae (Book 2) (Dresden, 1647)
• Geistliche Chor-Music (Dresden, 1648)
• Symphoniae sacrae (Book 3) (Dresden, 1650)
• Zwölff geistliche Gesänge (Dresden, 1657)
• Psalmen Davids (revision of Book 2) (Dresden, 1661)