Title Histories of Heinrich Schütz / Bettina Varwig

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) : illustrations Series Musical performance and reception Musical performance and reception. Contents Trumpets and drums (Psalmen Davids, 1617) -- Lutheran Schütz -- Echoes, mirrors and masks (Dafne, 1627) -- Life, death and afterlife (Musicalische Exequien, 1636) -- Old and new worlds (Geistlichechor-music, 1648) Summary Bettina Varwig places the music of the celebrated Dresden composer Heinrich Schütz in a richly detailed tapestry of cultural, political, religious and intellectual contexts. Four key events in Schütz'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 broader historical themes, including the effects of the Thirty Years' War, contemporary meanings of classical mythology, Lutheran attitudes to death and the afterlife as well as shifting conceptions of time and history in light of early modern scientific advances. These original seventeenth-century circumstances are treated in counterpoint with Schütz's fascinating later reinvention in nineteenth- and twentieth-century German musical culture, providing a new kind of musicological writing that interweaves layers of historical inquiry from the seventeenth century to the present day Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-244) and index Notes Print version record Subject Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672 fast Subject Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 17th century. MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice. MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Piano-Vocal-Guitar. Performance practice (Music) Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139161244 1139161245 9781139027007 113902700X 9781139157421 1139157426

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