Histories of Heinrich Schütz

267 Pages·2011·4.294 MB·English

by  Varwig, Bettina

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HISTORIES OF HEINRICH SCHUTZ
BettinaVarwigplacesthemusicofthecelebratedDresdencomposer
Heinrich Schu¨tz in a richly detailed tapestry of cultural, political,
religious and intellectual contexts. Four key events in Schu¨tz’s
career – the 1617 Reformation centenary, the performance of his
Dafnein1627,the1636funeralcompositionMusicalischeExequien,
and the publication of his motet collection Geistliche Chor-Music
(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 counter-
point with Schu¨tz’s fascinating later reinvention in nineteenth- and
twentieth-centuryGermanmusicalculture,providinganewkindof
musicological writing that interweaves layers of historical inquiry
from theseventeenth century to thepresent day.
bettina varwig
isamusichistorianwithwide-ranginginterests
in early modern European culture. She has held fellowships at
Magdalen College, Oxford, and the University of Cambridge, and
isnowalectureratKing’sCollegeLondon.Shehaspublishedwidely
on the music of Heinrich Schu¨tz and J.S. Bach. This is her first
book.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION
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Histories ofHeinrich Schu¨tz
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HISTORIES OF
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HEINRICH SCHUTZ
BETTINA VARWIG
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Contents
List of abbreviations page viii
List of music examples ix
List of figures xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Trumpets and drums (Psalmen Davids, 1617) 8
Paraphrase 1: Lutheran Schu¨tz 44
2. Echoes, mirrors and masks (Dafne, 1627) 58
Paraphrase 2: Operatic Schu¨tz 94
3. Life, death and afterlife (Musicalische Exequien, 1636) 109
Paraphrase 3: Monumental Schu¨tz 144
4. Old and new worlds (Geistliche Chor-Music, 1648) 161
Paraphrase 4: Rhetorical Schu¨tz 194
Conclusion 213
Chronology 216
Bibliography 219
Index 245
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Abbreviations
MuK Musik und Kirche
NSA Heinrich Schu¨tz: Neue Ausgabe sa¨mtlicher Werke, ed. Werner
Bittinger et al. (Kassel: Ba¨renreiter, 1955–)
SD Schu¨tz-Dokumente, vol. I: Schriftstu¨cke von Heinrich Schu¨tz,
ed. Michael Heinemann (Cologne: Dohr, 2010)
SJb Schu¨tz-Jahrbuch
ZfM Zeitschrift fu¨r Musik
ZfMw Zeitschrift fu¨r Musikwissenschaft
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Music examples
1.1. Heinrich Schu¨tz, SWV 45 (Psalmen Davids),
Parte per le Trombette, end page 16
1.2. Schu¨tz, SWV 472, trumpets and timpani,
bars 237–40 17
1.3. Schu¨tz, SWV 45, bars 254–75 35
1.4. Schu¨tz, SWV 43 (Psalmen Davids), bars 174–99 39
2.1. Claudio Monteverdi, ‘Audi coelum’
(Vespro della Beata Vergine), bars 1–9 62
2.2. Monteverdi, L’Orfeo, Act V/1, excerpt 63
2.3. Carlo Farina, ‘Gagliarda’ (Il terzo libro delle pavane,
gagliarde, brandi, mascherata, arie franzese, volte, corrente,
sinfonie), bars 1–22 64
2.4. Schu¨tz, SWV 333 (Kleine geistliche Concerte I), bars 8–18 66
2.5. Christopher Demantius, ‘Als Daphne keusch und
scho¨n von Art’ (Convivalium concentuum farrago),
bars 1–8 76
2.6. Schu¨tz, SWV 441, bars 24–33 80
2.7. Schu¨tz, SWV 265 (Symphoniae sacrae I), bars 112–30 85
P2.1. ‘German Christmas Carol’, in F. M. Po¨ttru¨cher,
‘Heinrich Schu¨tz als Opernkomponist’, ZfM 103 (1936),
156 99
3.1. Monteverdi, ‘Duo Seraphim’ (Vespro della Beata Vergine),
bars 20–9 113
3.2. Schu¨tz, SWV 281 (Musicalische Exequien), bars 1–17 115
3.3. Schu¨tz, SWV 281, bars 103–23 126
3.4. Schu¨tz, SWV 281, bars 37–40 129
3.5. Schu¨tz, SWV 281, bars 63–73 130
3.6. Schu¨tz, SWV 501, bars 17–23 136
3.7. Schu¨tz, SWV 279 (Musicalische Exequien), bars 231–5 142
4.1. Schu¨tz, SWV 379 (Geistliche Chor-Music), bars 1–8 185
4.2. Schu¨tz, SWV 371 (Geistliche Chor-Music), bars 1–22 187
4.3. Schu¨tz, SWV 371, bars 31–4 189
4.4. Schu¨tz, SWV 371, bars 94–107 190
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