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Heinrich Schütz The Seven Last Words from the Cross

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The Seven Last Words from the Cross by Heinrich Schütz defies straightforward categorization. The title in the original German is “Die Sieben Worte unseres lieben Erlösers und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi so Er am Stamm des Heil: Creutzes gesprochen, ganz beweglich gesetzt von Her Heinrich Schütz”. The compilation of the Seven Words from the Cross from the four gospels was frequently set as devotional music over the centuries by different composers. Heinrich Schütz’s setting can best be attributed to the category of ‘Historia’ or ‘Histories’. Framed by a five-part chorale arrangement (“Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund”) and an instrumental Symphonia, the last section of the Passion story (also in a compilation from the Gospels) is sung by different voices, with the Seven Words of Jesus given a string accompaniment (we are immediately reminded of Bach!). The text of the Evangelist is divided between different vocal ranges, and sometimes even very effectively given to the tutti ensemble. It is a moving, intensive, yet peaceful setting. Its similarity to the later Passion oratorio probably contributed to the fact that the Seven Last Words played a central role in the rediscovery of the works of Heinrich Schütz in the 19th century.
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  • Introitus
  • Sinfonia
  • Die sieben Worte Jesu
  • Sinfonia (aus Vol. 6: Lukas-Passion & Die Sieben Worte)
  • Conclusio
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  • Heinrich Schütz is regarded as the first German musician of European stature. As a choirboy from 1599 at the court of Landgrave Moritz of Hessen-Kassel, he received a thorough education. In 1608 he began a law degree in Marburg, but broke this off in 1609 in order, with the support of the Landgrave, to study composition with Giovanni Gabrieli, organist at St Mark’s in Venice. In 1613 Schütz returned to Kassel, but two years later was enticed away by Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony to the Dresden court as “Organist und Director der Musica”, where he held the position of Hofkapellmeister (court Kapellmeister) from 1617 until his death. Schütz’s great cycles of vocal works marked the high point of his reputation in Germany and northern Europe. But these represent only part of Schütz’s output; individual works are represented in printed collections with works by other composers, others only survive in manuscript, and much has been lost. The Stuttgart Schütz Edition makes available Schütz’s complete oeuvre, and all works are also published in practical Urtext editions. Personal details
  • The publisher, church musician and teacher Günter Graulich is one of the major personalities in German publishing of the post-war period. With his wife Waltraud he founded Carus-Verlag Stuttgart in 1972, which he built up from a 2-person family firm to a medium-sized business with around 60 employees. A trained church musician and Kantor for many years at the Matthäuskirche Stuttgart, he also directed the Motettenchor Stuttgart for 50 years. With his choir he made LP and CD recordings, and undertook numerous concert tours to other European countries and America. Personal details
  • Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details

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