Heinrich Schütz was the most significant German composer of the seventeenth century and the pre-eminent German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, who fused Italian polychoral splendor and dramatic madrigal style with profound German Protestant devotional polyphony.
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German Early Baroque Composer, Organist, and Father of German Protestant Sacred Music
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Honor the extraordinary legacy of Heinrich Schütz on November 16 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on German Early Baroque Composer, Organist, and Father of German Protestant Sacred Music.
“Music is the gift of God to humanity, given so that the human voice might reflect the harmony of the heavenly spheres.”
“The word must always be the master of the music; melody exists to open the meaning of sacred truth to the human heart.”
“Whether written for four choirs or a single solitary voice, devotion requires purity of harmony and absolute sincerity.”
“My teacher Gabrieli gave me Venice, but Martin Luther's German gave my soul its living voice.”
“A well-crafted canon or fugue is like a well-ordered commonwealth, where every part moves in harmony with the whole.”
“Though war has silenced the instruments and scattered our singers, faith will still find a melody in the ruins.”
“Patience is the composer's truest instrument when times are lean and patronage is broken.”
“In poverty and sorrow, music shines with an even clearer, more spiritual light.”
“Old age takes the strength from the limbs, but it deepens the reverence in the soul.”
“Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thine honour dwelleth.”
German Early Baroque Composer, Organist, and Father of German Protestant Sacred Music
