Born in Köstritz [now Bad Köstritz], near Gera, baptized Oct 9, 1585
Died in Dresden, Nov 6, 1672
- Schütz is considered the first German composer of international significance.
- Schütz’s music is notable for its combination of Italian musical styles (learned notably from Monteverdi in Venice), Lutheran musical tradition and idiomatic German text setting.1
Sources
- Joshua Rifkin, Eva Linfield, Derek McCulloch, and Stephen Baron, “Schütz, Heinrich,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 18, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000045997.