Heinreich Schutz
Heinrich Schütz is the most important composer in the early Baroque period and the most important German composer up until the time of J.S. Bach. He is the first to command the respect of other composers on an international level and to achieve international acclaim. Through the example of his works and teachings, he played an important part in establishing the traditions of high craftsmanship and intellectual depth in music. There is some debate, among scholars, as to when exactly Heinrich Schütz was born. In a personal memorandum “…of January 14, 1651, to Elector Johann I, [Schütz] mentions the day of St. Burkhard as his birthday” (SL&W22). However, it is recorded in the towns, as well as church history, that he was born in Köstritz, Germany, now Bad Köstritz near Gera, on October 8th, 1585 and baptized the next day October 9th. As there are records of this, it seems even more likely that these records are more accurate than the memorandum. Schütz was born to a prominent bourgeois family of Franconian origin that had resided in Saxony since the mid-15th century. He was “born in the same year as Richelieu… [and was]…21 years younger than Shakespeare and 21 years older than Rembrandt”(SL&W 3). His paternal grandfather,
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