Machet die Tore weit
This composition, which survives in five manuscripts, is predominantly attributed to Heinrich Schütz, but does not fit in well stylistically with the rest of Schütz's oeuvre. In one of the manuscripts, however, Schütz's name has been erased and “M. Samuelis Rülingij” is noted instead, which points to the Dresden Kreuzkantor and later archdeacon at the Kreuzkirche Samuel Rüling. Could it be that Schütz revised one of Rüling's compositions? The Dresden Schütz researcher Wolfram Steude (1931-2006) saw breaks in the composition that could possibly support such ‘teamwork’.
The composition with its alternation of eight-part motet-like sections with three-part “intermedia” (SST, Bc) is easy to perform and rich in variety. An unusual composition for the Christmas repertoire.
Consulter
Sommaire
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Compositeur (?)
Samuel Rüling
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Compositeur (ancienne attribution)
Heinrich Schütz
| 1585-1672Heinrich 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. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Éditeur
Wolfram Steude
| 1931-2006
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