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Zusatztext A must-have volume for any music library, seventeenth-century scholar, or Schuetz enthusiast. Informationen zum Autor Gregory S. Johnston is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Toronto. Klappentext Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) was the most important and influential German composer of the seventeenth century. In A Heinrich Schutz Reader, the composer and his times are brought to life through the translation of more than 150 documents by or about the composer, each complemented with richly detailed annotations and commentary. Zusammenfassung Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was the most important and influential German composer of the seventeenth century. In A Heinrich Schütz Reader, the composer and his times are brought to life through the translation of more than 150 documents by or about the composer, each complemented with richly detailed annotations and commentary. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements Bibliographical abbreviations Illustrations Youth and Early Manhood (1611-27) 1. Il primo libro de madrigali (Venice, 1611) (Original language: Italian) 2. Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony, to Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (27.08.1614) 3. Johann Georg I to Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (25.04.1615) 4. Moritz of Hesse-Kassel to Johann Georg I (27.04.1615) 5. Schütz to Christoph von Loss, Privy Councillor and Marshal of the Court (23.09.1616); Johann Georg I's reply (30.09.1616) 6. Moritz of Hesse-Kassel to Johann Georg I (01.12.1616) 7. Christoph von Loss to Johann Georg I (11.12.1616) 8. Johann Georg I to Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (13.12.1616) 9. Schütz to Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (16.12.1616) 10. Moritz of Hesse-Kassel to Heinrich Schütz (23.12.1616) 11. Dresden Court to Schütz (07.1617) 12. Schütz to Heinrich Posthumus Reuss (09.12.1617) 13. Schütz to Johann Georg I (15.04.1618) 14. Moritz of Hesse-Kassel to Johann Georg I (11.01.1619) 15. Johann Georg I to Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (25.01.1619) 16. Psalmen Davids (Dresden, 1619): title page and dedication (01.06.1619) 17. Psalmen Davids (Dresden, 1619): title page of the Basso Continuo and preface (01.06.1619) 18. Schütz to the City Council of Frankfurt am Main (17.07.1619) 19. Schütz's poem on the occasion of Georg Schütz's wedding (09.08.1619) 20. Schütz to Ludwig Wilhelm Moser, Court Chamber Secretary (03.07.1621) 21. Schütz's text to Syncharma musicum (03.11.1621) (Original language: Latin) 22. Schütz's text to Teutoniam dudum belli (03.11.1621) (Original language: Latin) 23. Historia der Auferstehung (Dresden, 1623): title page and preface (25.03.1623) 24. Schütz to Wilhelm Ludwig Moser (25.05.1624) 25. Schütz to Wilhelm Ludwig Moser (30.12.1624) 26. Cantiones sacrae (Freiberg, 1625): title page and dedication (01.01.1625) (Original language: Latin) 27. Cantiones sacrae (Freiberg, 1625): foreword to the reader (Original language: Latin) 28. Schütz to the attention of Johann Georg I (before 17.03.1625) 29. Schütz to Johann Georg I (28.03.1625) 30. Dresden Court Musicians to Johann Georg I (11.06.1625) 31. Schütz to Johann Georg I (22.09.1626) 32. Schütz to Johann Georg I (09.05.1627) 33. Schütz to the Dresden Court (after 26.05.1627) 34. Schütz to Johann Georg I (02.08.1627) 35. Schütz to the Dresden Court (?09.1627) 36. Da pacem, Domine for the Electoral Assembly in Mühlhausen (04.10 to 05.11.1627): dedication and performance instructions (Original language: Latin and German) 37. Schütz to an Unnamed Person (October/November, 1627) 38. Johann Georg I to Johann Sautor, Court Chamberlain (15.11.1627) 39. Johann Sautor to Johann Georg I (11.12.1627) 40. Johann Georg I to Johann Sautor (18.12.1627) Middle Age (1628-44) 41. Schütz to Georg Pflugk, Marshal of the Palace (early 1628) 42. Dresden Court Musician...
