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Born: November 3, 1587; Halle, Germany Died: March 24, 1654; Halle, Germany

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 Read more 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. Read less

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Scheidt: The Great Sacred Concertos / Musica Fiata, Et Al

Release Date: 03/27/2007 Label: Cpo
Catalog: 777145 Number of Discs: 1

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Heinrich Schutz: Musicalische Exequien

Label: Ricercar Catalog: 311 Release Date: 07/12/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt, Michael Praetorius
Performer: Bernard Foccroulle
Conductor: Lionel Meunier
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Hohepunkte Der Chormusik

Label: Berlin Classics Catalog: 300227 Release Date: 07/12/2011 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Heinrich Isaac, Pierre de La Rue, Josquin Des Préz, Antoine de Févin ...
Performer: Karl-Heinz Schmieder, Werner Eberhardt, Siegfried Hausmann, Joachim Vogt ...
Conductor: Dietrich Knothe, Hans Gruss, Roderich Kreile, Rudolf Mauersberger ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Schütz-Akademie, Virtuosi Saxoniae, Trompetensemble Ludwig Güttler ...

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Jauchzet dem Herren - Psaumes de David au XVIIe Siecle en Allemagne du Nord / La Fenice

Label: Alpha Productions Catalog: 179 Release Date: 05/10/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Philipp Förtsch, Julius Johann Weiland ...
Performer: Hans Jörg Mammel
Conductor: Jean Tubery
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Fenice
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Renaissance: Berliner Saxophone Quartet

Label: Cpo Catalog: 777581-2 Release Date: 03/29/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giovanni Palestrina, Heinrich Isaac, Tylman Susato, Samuel Scheidt ...
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The Vanishing Nordic Chorale / Musik Ekklesia

Label: Sono Luminus Catalog: 92128 Release Date: 03/29/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Pachelbel, Dietrich Buxtehude, Samuel Scheidt, Traditional ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musik Ekklesia
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Loeki Stardust Collection 1980-2000

Label: Newton Classics Catalog: 8802044 Release Date: 02/22/2011 Number of Discs: 4
Composer: Tarquinio Merula, Gioseffo Guami, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Palestrina ...
Performer: Karel Van Steenhoven, Bertho Driever, Daniel Brüggen, Paul Leenhouts
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra/Ensemble: Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam, Academy of Ancient Music
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Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich

Label: Berlin Classics Catalog: 300148 Release Date: 01/11/2011 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jan P. Sweelinck, Claudio Monteverdi, Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein ...
Performer: Günther Schmidt, Werner Marschall, Reinhart Ginzel, Albrecht Lepetit ...
Conductor: Rudolf Mauersberger, Martin Flämig, Erhard Mauersberger, Howard Arman ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Schütz-Akademie

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Baroque Christmas In Hamburg / Cordes, Bremer Barock Consort

Label: Cpo Catalog: 777553 Release Date: 11/16/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Hieronymus Praetorius, Jacob Praetorius, Thomas Selle, Heinrich Scheidemann ...
Performer: Rhonda Edgington, Eudald Danti
Conductor: Manfred Cordes
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bremer Barock Consort
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Reformation & Counter-reformation

Label: Ricercar Catalog: 101 Release Date: 11/09/2010 Number of Discs: 8
Composer: Johann Friedrich Doles, Felix Mendelssohn, Georg Böhm, Johann Christoph Bach ...
Performer: Bernard Foccroulle, Stephan Van Dyck, Marius Van Altena, Patrick Van Goethem ...
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe, Philippe Pierlot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ghent Collegium Vocale Choir, Ricercar Consort, La Fenice

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The Complete Christmas Celebration

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001493002 Release Date: 11/09/2010 Number of Discs: 7
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Traditional ...
Performer: Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Olaf Bär, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson ...
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Valery Gergiev, Georg Ratzinger ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Academy of Ancient Music ...
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Bryn's Christmas / Bryn Terfel

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001491472 Release Date: 11/02/2010 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: John Francis Wade, Irving Berlin, Traditional, Gustav Holst ...
Performer: Bryn Terfel, Bing Crosby, Rolando Villazón, Catrin Finch ...
Conductor: Tecwyn Evans
Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Cordydd, Nidus Children's Choir ...

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A String Quartet Christmas - Volumes 1-3

Label: Steinway & Sons Catalog: 50001 Release Date: 09/28/2010 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Traditional, Samuel Scheidt, John Ness Beck, Heinrich Isaac ...
Performer: Emily Mitchell, Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, Natasha Lipkina ...
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Christmas Choruses

Label: Berlin Classics Catalog: 149552 Release Date: 07/27/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt

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Vom Himmel Hoch

Label: Berlin Classics Catalog: 149542 Release Date: 07/27/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Johannes Eccard, Heinrich Schütz ...
Performer: Burkhard Glaetzner, Ludwig Güttler, Dietrich W. Prost, Theo Adam ...
Conductor: Martin Flämig
Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Kreuz Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Thomaner Choir ...

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Konge Af Danmark / Les Witches

Label: Alpha Productions Catalog: 163 Release Date: 07/13/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Tobias Hume, Samuel Scheidt, Thomas Simpson, Thomas Robinson ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Witches
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Samuel Scheidt: Sacrae Cantiones

Label: Ricercar Catalog: 301 Release Date: 07/13/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Conductor: Lionel Meunier
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vox Luminis

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Renaissance Brass Music / Paris Instr Ens, Eastman Brass Qnt

Label: Vox Allegretto Catalog: ACD 8154 Release Date: 05/13/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli, Andrea Gabrieli, Anthony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons ...
Performer: Verne Reynolds, Daniel Patrylak, Philip Collins, Donald Knaub ...
Conductor: Florian Hollard
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Instrumental Ensemble, Eastman Brass Quintet
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Grand Tour / His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts

Label: Helios Catalog: 55344 Release Date: 05/11/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giovanni Buonamente, Biagio Marini, Giovanni de Macque, Giovanni Bassano ...
Performer: Timothy Roberts, Jeremy West, David Staff
Orchestra/Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
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Kreuzchorverspern - Geistliche Musik aus Dresden / Dresden Kreuzchor

Label: Berlin Classics Catalog: 16482 Release Date: 05/11/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Samuel Scheidt, Johann Walter, Gregor Aichinger, Felix Mendelssohn ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Kreuz Choir

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Die Regensburger Domspatzen Singen Zur Weihnachtszeit [hybrid Sacd]

Label: Bayer Records Catalog: 884010 Release Date: 03/23/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt, Giovanni Croce, Giovanni Gabrieli, Johannes Eccard ...
Conductor: Theobald Schrems

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The Guard On The Battlement

Label: Coviello Classics Catalog: 20907 Release Date: 02/02/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Samuel Scheidt, Michael Praetorius
Performer: Katharina Bäuml
Conductor: Katharina Bäuml
Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella de la Torre

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Amazing Brass / Canadian Brass

Label: Opening Day Catalog: 9327 Release Date: 01/26/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Sy Oliver, George Gershwin, Glenn Miller ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass
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Brass Splendour / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Label: Decca Catalog: 411955 Release Date: 01/12/2010 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, William Byrd, Jeremiah Clarke ...
Conductor: Philip Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

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KDFC presents A String Quartet Christmas

Label: Kdfc Catalog: 1109 Release Date: 11/17/2009 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Charles Gounod, Traditional, Hector Berlioz, Gustav Holst ...
Performer: Emily Mitchell, Nathaniel Rosen, Natasha Lipkina, Nina Bodnar ...

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Due Chori - In Echo Ed In Risposta / Strobl, Cornets Noir

Label: Audite Catalog: 92572 Release Date: 11/10/2009 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sommer, Samuel Scheidt, Alessandro Stradella, Giovanni Picchi ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Cornets Noirs

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