#earlybaroque

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Heinrich Schütz In lectulo Per Noctes/Invenerunt me. 

Schütz was an important proponent of the early Baroque age, fusing the North German organ tradition with the flourishing styles of Italy, where he travelled to study with Gabrieli. 

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I am stunned by the heavenly melodies inside Schütz’s Selig sind die Toten. Heinrich Schütz’s music contains such poignant feeling and vitality. One of the first pieces, if not the first, that I heard from Schütz was his In lectulo per noctes. From then, I was hooked by the simple richness of his melodic lines and how he fused Italian styles which he had learned from Giovanni Gabrieli with the nascent North German style. Later composers such as Bach would learn a great deal from him. 

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Beautiful Terpsichore music from Michael Praetorius and other composers. 

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Beautiful dances from Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). 

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An extract from Samuel Scheidt’s organ works, Alamanda Bruynsmedelijn. 

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One of Schütz’s seminal works Psalmen Davids: the psalms of King David in song. Incredible work. 

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More Heinrich Schütz, this time his Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi (History of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection). Listened to this yesterday. 

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Heinrich Schütz, Schwanengesang (Swan song). Enjoyable, particularly for the polyphonic texture here!