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Heinrich Schütz

1585 - 1672

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Heinrich Schütz (German: [ʃʏt͡s]; 18 October [O.S. 8 October] 1585 – 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He is credited with bringing the Italian style to Germany and continuing its evolution from the Renaissance into the early Baroque. Most of his surviving music was written for the Lutheran church, primarily for the Electoral Chapel in Dresden. He wrote what is traditionally considered the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost, along with nearly all of his ceremonial and theatrical scores. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Schütz is the 85th most popular composer (up from 106th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Germany (up from 360th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Composer.

Heinrich Schütz is most famous for his compositions of the music of the biblical Psalms.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Heinrich Schütz ranks 85 out of 1,451. Before him are César Franck, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Josquin des Prez, Alban Berg, Leoš Janáček, and Johann Pachelbel. After him are Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, John Williams, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Olivier Messiaen, and Carl Czerny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Heinrich Schütz ranks 2. Before him is Cardinal Richelieu. After him are Cornelius Jansen, Hendrick Avercamp, Uriel da Costa, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, Jacques Lemercier, and John Rolfe. Among people deceased in 1672, Heinrich Schütz ranks 1. After him are John II Casimir Vasa, Johan de Witt, Franciscus Sylvius, Peter Stuyvesant, Pedro Calungsod, Al-Rashid of Morocco, John Wilkins, Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adriaen van de Velde, and Adil Giray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Schütz ranks 254 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), and Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717). After him are Jacob Grimm (1785), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Werner von Siemens (1816), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), and Anne of Cleves (1515).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Heinrich Schütz ranks 18. Before him are Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Carl Orff (1895), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Hans Zimmer (1957), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Johann Pachelbel (1653). After him are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), Max Bruch (1838), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710).

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