Samuel Scheidt
Born: November 3, 1587; Halle, Germany
Died: March 24, 1654; Halle, Germany
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One of the earliest German composers to forge a synthesis of traditional Germanic chorale and counterpoint with the more modern textures emerging from Italy, Samuel Scheidt was a multifaceted composer of music both sacred and secular whose fame, however, rests almost entirely on the excellence of his instrumental music.
Scheidt was born in Halle during the late 1580s, within a year of both Heinrich Schütz and Johann Hermann Schein. Both
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Ach Gott und Herr (2)
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Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein (1)
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Also gehts also stehts, SSWV 137 (1)
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Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (1)
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Angelus ad pastores ait (2)
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Benedicamus Domino (2)
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Bergamasca, for keyboard, SSWV 560 (2)
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Bruyns Medelyn (1)
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Cantico sacra (1)
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Cantilena angelica fortune (1)
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Cantiones sacrae: no 12, Nu komm der Heyden Heyland (3)
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Cantiones sacrae: no 16, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (1)
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Cantiones sacrae: no 22, Christ lag in Todes Banden (1)
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Cantiones sacrae: no 32, Vater unser im Himmelreich (1)
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Cantiones sacrae: no 8, Kom Heiliger Geist (1)
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Canzon a 5 "Est-ce Mars" (2)
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Canzon Bergamasca, for brass quintet (1)
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Canzon Cornetto (Scheidt) (1)
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Canzon cornetto a 4 (7)
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Canzon super Cantionem gallicam (1)
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Canzon super Intradam Aechiopicam (6)
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Canzon super O Nachbar Roland (Ludi Musici) (1)
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Canzona (4)
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Canzona on "Est-ce Mars?" (2)
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Courant Dolorosa A 4 Voc. Cantus IX (1)
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Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund' (2)
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Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, canon for 4 voices, SSWV 117 (1)
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Duo seraphim (2)
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Echo (1)
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Echo ad manuale duplex forte & lene (1)
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Ein Kind geborn zu Bethleham (1)
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Ein Kindlein so löblich, SSWV 297 (2)
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Fantasia 'Io son ferito lasso' (2)
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Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend (1)
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Galliard a 5 (3)
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Galliard after John Dowland (1)
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Galliard Battaglia a 4 (1)
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Galliard battaglia a 5 (2)
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Galliard Battaglia, for brass ensemble ("Battle Suite"), SSWV59 (2)
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Geistliche Concerten: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Geistlicher Concerten: Hodie completi sunt, SSWV 314 (3)
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Geistlicher Concerten: Laudate dominum in sanctis (1)
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Geistlicher Concerten: Magnificat (1)
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Geistlicher Concerten: Magnificat 8 toni (1)
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Geistlicher Concerten: Magnificat, SSWV 299 (1)
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Gelobet seystu Jesu Christ a 8 (2)
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Herr Gott, dich loben wir (2)
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Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe (1)
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Hertzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, SSWV 130 (1)
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Hodie Christus natus est (1)
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Hodie Completi Sunt (Geistliche Conzert V) (2)
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Ich glaub und weiß dies fürwahr und gewiss, song for 4 voices (2)
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In dich hab’ ich gehoffet, Herr (1)
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In dulci jubilo (8)
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Intrada and Galliard (1)
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Ist nicht Ephraim mein teurer Sohn, for choir & orchestra, SSWV 553 (1)
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Jauchzet Gott, alle Land, for chorus (1)
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Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (2)
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Komm, heiliger Geist a 4 (1)
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Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott a 8 (1)
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Kommt her, ihr gesegneten (1)
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Laudate Dominum in sanctis (1)
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Liebliche Krafft-Blümlein: O Luft, du edles Element (1)
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Lobet, ihr Himmel, den Herren (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 11, Courant à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 13, Courant à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 15, Paduan dolorosa à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 16, Alamande à 4 (3)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 17, Courant à 4 (2)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 18, Canzon Cornetto à 4 (3)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 20, Courant à 5 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 21, Galliard battaglia à 5 (21)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 22, Intrada à 5 (3)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 23, Courant à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 24, Galliard à 5 (3)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 25, Galliard à 5 (2)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 26, Canzon à 5 ad imitationem Bergamasca (12)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 27, Courant à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 28, Canzon (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 28, Canzon à 5 "O Nachbar Roland" (8)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 29, Canzon à 5 super Cantionem gallicam (3)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 32, Courant à 5 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 4, Paduan à 4 (3)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 5, Paduan à 4 (2)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 6, Paduan à 4 (2)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 7, Galliard à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 1: Cantus no 9, Courant dolorosa à 4 (4)
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Ludi musici, Book 2: Cantus no 1, Paduan à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 2: Cantus no 12, Paduan dolorosa à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 2: Cantus no 13, Galliard à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 2: Cantus no 16, Canzon imitatio cantilenae belgicae à 5 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 2: Cantus no 3, Paduan à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 2: Cantus no 7, Paduan imitatio paduan Dowland, à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 3[?]: Canzon "an Wasserflüssen Babylon" à 7 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 3[?]: Echo (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 3[?]: Paduana à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 12, Courant imitatio courant francese à 3 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 14, Canzon à 3 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 15, Canzon super alamande S.S. à 3 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 17, Canzon à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 18, Canzon à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 20, Paduan dolorosa, à 4 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 7, Galliard à 3 (1)
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Ludi musici, Book 4: Cantus no 8, Paudana imitatio Dowland, à 3 (1)
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Ludi musici: Paduan à 4 (1)
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Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (1)
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O Jesulein süss, o Jesulein mild (17)
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O Jesulein zart (arranged on the basis of an original figured bass by J.S. Bach) (1)
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O lux beata Trinitas, SSWV 154 (1)
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Paduan à 4 (2)
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Paduan à 4 (Ludi musicii) (1)
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Paduan à 4 in C minor (1)
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Paduan Dolorosa A 4 Voc. Cantus V (1)
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Pavane (2)
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Pavane & Courante la dolorosa à 4 in A minor (1)
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Psalmus sub Communione (Jesus Christus, unser Heiland), for organ, SSWV 156 (1)
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Puer natus (1)
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Puer natus in Bethlehem (4)
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Richte mich Gott, for double chorus (from Sacrae Cantiones) (1)
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Sende dein Licht und deine Wahreit, for double chorus (1)
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Sonata for 3 Trombones in D minor (1)
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Suite for 10 brass instruments (1)
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Suite for Strings (1)
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Suite in F major (1)
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Surrexit Christus hodie (3)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Ach du feiner Reiter "Cantio Belgica" (4)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Courante no 1 in D minor (2)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Courante no 2 in G minor (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Da Jesus an dem Creutze stundt (2)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Est ce Mars "Cantio gallica" (2)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Ich ruffe zu dir Herr Jesu Christ (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Io son ferito lasso (5)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Passamezzo (2)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Ut re mi fa sol la (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Vater unser im Himmelreich (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Warum betrübstdu dich mein Hertz (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Weh, windgen, weh "Cantio Belgica" (2)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 1: Wir glauben all an einen Gott (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 2 (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 2: Christe, qui lux es et dies (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 2: Echo ad manuale duplex (4)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 2: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (3)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 2: Toccata "In te Domine speravi" (2)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 3: Magnificat noni toni (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 3: Magnificat terzo toni (1)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 3: Modus ludendi pleno organo (3)
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Tabulatura nova, Book 3: Veni redemptor gentium (1)
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Toccata for Organ "In te Domine speravi", SSWV 138 (1)
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Variations on "Ach, Du Feiner Reiter" (1)
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Variations on a Galliard of John Dowland, for organ (1)
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Variations on a Galliarda by John Dowland (1)
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Vater unser im Himmelreich (1)
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Vater unser im Himmelreich (Cantio Sacra I, 3) (1)
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Vita sanctorum decus angelorum, SSWV 152 (1)
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Von Himmel hoch (2)
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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (1)
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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, hymn setting for organ (from "Tabulator-Buch hundert geistlicher Li (1)
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Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz (2)
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Wendet euch um, ihr Aderlein (3)
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Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (2)
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Wies Gott gefällt (1)
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Wir glauben all an einen Gott (1)
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Wir gläuben all an einen Gott (1)
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Biography |
by Blair Johnston
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One of the earliest German composers to forge a synthesis of traditional Germanic chorale and counterpoint with the more modern textures emerging from Italy, Samuel Scheidt was a multifaceted composer of music both sacred and secular whose fame, however, rests almost entirely on the excellence of his instrumental music.
Scheidt was born in Halle during the late 1580s, within a year of both Heinrich Schütz and Johann Hermann Schein. Both would later become friends of Scheidt, and who were engaged, like Scheidt, in the fusion of the musical idioms from northern and southern Europe. Scheidt's father was a municipal official who maintained a number of friendships with prominent local musicians, and encouraged his sons to pursue musical studies. Scheidt attended public school, and was instructed in music by the Kantor of the local Gymnasium, Matthäus Birkner, until he attained the position of organist at the Moritzkirche in Halle in 1604. After resigning the post four years later, Scheidt journeyed to Amsterdam for a period of study with well-known organist Jan Sweelinck, whose music Scheidt would later edit and publish back in Germany.
From 1609 to 1625, Scheidt served as court organist and secular keyboard composer to Christian Wilhelm of Brandenburg, the new administrator of Halle. These were prosperous years for the composer, and after 1619 Scheidt combined his duties as organist with those of kapellmeister, strengthening the instrumental and vocal forces of the court and overseeing the rebuilding of the Mortizkirche organ. Much of Scheidt's better-known music hails from the years immediately following his appointment as Kapellmeister: three separate volumes of instrumental pieces, one collection each of motets and vocal concertos, and the Tabulatura nova, a massive collection of organ music, all which appeared between 1620 and 1624.
In 1625, however, Wilhelm left Halle to fight in the Thirty Years War, and Scheidt was left virtually unemployed. Despite his lack of salary and the departure of most of his musicians for more lucrative positions, Scheidt remained in Halle, earning what he could from teaching and the occasional commission from other cities' courts. He was rewarded for such loyalty in 1628, when Halle created a new and important musical post for him, that of director musices (musical director). A conflict with the Rektor of the local Gymnasium, who claimed, as did Scheidt, to have jurisdiction over the choirboys, resulted in Scheidt's dismissal from the post in 1630. The composer's personal life soon worsened when all of his children died of the plague during a 1636 outbreak.
In 1638, the return of a city administrator (now Duke August of Saxony) brought a renewed musical prosperity to Halle, and Scheidt once again assumed his duties as the city's kapellmeister. He continued to compose music for public and private occasions until his death in 1654 at the age of 66. |
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