List of compositions by Heinrich Schütz

There are almost 500 known compositions by Heinrich Schütz. Listed here are most of his compositions in the order of the SWV (Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis) catalog.

Choral works

Italian Madrigals

Opus 1: Venice (1611) 5 voices

Wedding concerts

Psalmen Davids

Main article: Psalmen Davids

German settings of the Psalms of David (Book 1)

The original title page of Psalmen Davids

Opus 2: Dresden (1619)

Psalm 133 (1619)

Syncharma musicum

Breslau 1621

Die Auferstehung unsres Herren Jesu Christi

Opus 3: Dresden (1623)

Psalm 116 (1619)

One of sixteen composers who composed a setting of Das ist mir lieb (Psalm 116) for Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen, commissioned in 1616 by Burckhard Grossmann of Jena, published in 1623.[2]

Grimmige Gruft (1622/3)

Cantiones sacrae

Opus 4: Freiberg (1625)

Aria: De vitae fugacitate (1625)

Last words of Psalm 23 (1625)

Glück zu dem Helikon (1627)

Becker Psalter

Main article: Becker Psalter

Opus 5: Freiberg (1628), revised Dresden (1661)

Symphoniae sacrae I

Opus 6: Venice (1629)

Funeral motet on the death of Johann Hermann Schein (1630)

O der großen Wuntertaten (1633/4)

Musikalische Exequien

Main article: Musikalische Exequien

Opus 7: Dresden (1636) for the funeral of de:Heinrich II. (Reuß-Gera)

Erster Theil kleiner geistlichen Concerten

Opus 8: Leipzig, 1636

Kleine Geistliche Konzerte II

Opus 9: Leipzig, 1639

Teutoniam dudum (1621)

Breslau 1621, Leipzig, published 1641

Ich beschwöre euch (1638)

Leipzig, 1641

O du allersüßester und liebster Herr Jesu

Leipzig, 1646

Symphoniae sacrae II

Opus 10: Dresden (1647)

Aria: Danklied

Geistliche Chormusik

Main article: Geistliche Chormusik
The original title page of Geistliche Chor-Music

Opus 11: Dresden (1648)

Symphoniae sacrae III

Opus 12: Dresden (1650)

Trauerlied

Dresden (1652)

Zwölf geistliche Gesänge

Opus 13: Dresden (1657)

Ceremonial works

Weihnachtshistorie

Dresden (1664)

Miscellaneous works

Passions

Schwanengesang

Opus 13 (1671, Dresden)- Opus Ultimum - Schwanengesang

Other works

Uncatalogued works

Lost works[4]

References

  1. Heinrich Schütz: a short account of his life and works Hans Joachim Moser (1967): "The exact purpose of Schutz's Syncharma Musicum (SWV 49, Vol. XV) is known : it was used at the ceremony at which the Silesian nobility swore allegiance to Johann Georg of Saxony as the representative of Emperor Ferdinand (Breslau 1621) ..."
  2. Hammond, Susan Lewis (2007). Editing Music in Early Modern Germany. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 33.
  3. "Concise List of Schütz's Major Works". Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  4. "Heinrich Schütz Works". Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  5. "Heinrich Schütz (Composer)". Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  6. "German Literature Companion: Heinrich Schütz". Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  7. "Heinrich Schütz". HighBeam Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "David Schirmer's Ballet von dem Paris und der Helena (1650): An Example of Early German Musical Drama". Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  9. "German Literature Companion: August Buchner". Retrieved 2008-06-10.

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