Histories of Heinrich Schütz

by Bettina Varwig

Book Overview

Bettina Varwig places the music of the celebrated Dresden composer Heinrich Sch tz in a richly detailed tapestry of cultural, political, religious and intellectual contexts. Four key events in Sch tz's career - the 1617 Reformation centenary, the performance of his Dafne in 1627, the 1636 funeral composition Musikalische Exequien and the publication of his motet collection Geistliche Chormusik (1648) - are used to explore his music's resonances with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521197651
• ISBN13: 9780521197656
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.7"