Musikalische Exequien
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Musikalische Exequien is a 17th-century German funeral music composition by Heinrich Schütz that is regarded as one of the earliest and most significant Lutheran requiem works.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lutheran requiem
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funeral music ⓘ sacred music composition ⓘ vocal composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Heinrich Schütz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | SWV 279–281 ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Heinrich Posthumus Reuß NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Heinrich Schütz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1635 ⓘ |
| genre |
funeral music
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requiem ⓘ sacred concerto ⓘ |
| hasKeyText |
Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahren
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Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Canticum B. Simeonis Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahren, SWV 281
NERFINISHED
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Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Messe, SWV 279 NERFINISHED ⓘ Motet Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, SWV 280 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Thirty Years' War era Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later German Protestant funeral music ⓘ |
| intendedUse | aristocratic funeral ceremony ⓘ |
| keyCharacteristic |
alternation of soloists and choir
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concertato style writing ⓘ use of polychoral techniques ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | funeral service ⓘ |
| movementTitle |
Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Messe
NERFINISHED
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Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahren ⓘ Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest Lutheran requiem compositions
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expressive text setting ⓘ integrating German vernacular texts into a funeral mass form ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 3 ⓘ |
| occasion | funeral of Heinrich Posthumus Reuß ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | Gera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1636 ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| scoring |
solo voices, choir and continuo
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vocal ensemble with basso continuo ⓘ |
| style | early Baroque ⓘ |
| subjectOf | musicological studies on early Lutheran funeral music ⓘ |
| textLanguage | German ⓘ |
| textSource |
Lutheran chorales
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inscriptions chosen by Heinrich Posthumus Reuß for his coffin ⓘ selected German biblical texts ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstPerformance | 1636 ⓘ |
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