Heinrich Schutz
1585-1672
Born in Bad Lostriz in 1585 and moved to Landgrave in 1598 where he served as the choir boy and studied with Georg Otto. Schutz studied law at the Universtiy of Marburg, but was advised to instead study music with Gabrieli and Landgrave gave him the finanical means to do so.
Heinrich Schutz studied with Giovani Gabrielli from 1609-1672. He composed a polychoral psalm setting that is much in the style of his teacher, Gabrielli. During this time Schutz was employed by the Elector of Saxony where he was Kapellmeister (chorus master) only two years into his working there. During this time, he wrote all of the music for religious and political ceremonies held there. He also was in charge of educating the choir boys in music. Schutz made many visits to Italy and was the guest conductor for two years in Copenhagen.
He married Magdalena Wildeck and had two daughters. She died in 1625 and he left his 2 daughters with their grandmother to pursue
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