Musikalische Exequien
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Musikalische exequien Op.7, SWV279-281 is a sacred work by Heinrich Schutz
; it was written about in 1635/6, for the funeral services of the Count Heinrich Posthumus Reuss, who had died on December 3, 1635. It comprises the following sections:
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
; it was written about in 1635/6, for the funeral services of the Count Heinrich Posthumus Reuss, who had died on December 3, 1635. It comprises the following sections:
- I Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Messe
- II Motette "Herr, wenn ich nur Dich habe
- II Canticum B.Simeonis "Herr, nun lässest Du Deinen Diener
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