A Heinrich Schütz reader: letters and documents in translation

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"Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was the most important and influential German composer of the seventeenth century. Director of music at the electoral Saxon court in Dresden, he was lauded by his German contemporaries as "the father of our modern music", as "the Orpheus of our time." Yet despite the esteem in which his music is still held today, Schütz himself and the rich cultural environment in which he lived continue to be little known or understood beyond the linguistic borders of his native Ge…

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Full title :A Heinrich Schütz reader : letters and documents in translation / edited by Gregory S. Johnston.

Summary

"Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was the most important and influential German composer of the seventeenth century. Director of music at the electoral Saxon court in Dresden, he was lauded by his German contemporaries as "the father of our modern music", as "the Orpheus of our time." Yet despite the esteem in which his music is still held today, Schütz himself and the rich cultural environment in which he lived continue to be little known or understood beyond the linguistic borders of his native Germany."--Site web de l'éditeur.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:cop. 2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:cop. 2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 vol. (xxviii-283 p.-[10] p. de pl.) : : jaquette ill. en coul. ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199812202, 0199812209
oclc:ocn867859970
LC Classification:ML410.S35
Dewey Decimal:782.2/2092

Subjects

Biographies Composers Composers -- Biography. -- Germany Composers -- Correspondence. -- Germany Compositeurs -- Biographies. -- Allemag… Compositeurs -- Correspondance. -- Alle… Correspondance privée Germany Personal correspondence Schütz, Heinrich