Heinrich Schütz

Germany, 1611–1672

German composer of the 17th century whose Psalms of David and Passions brought the Italian dramatic style into German Lutheran church music.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Heinrich Schütz and 1 artist Heinrich Schütz influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Heinrich Schütz?

• Giovanni Gabrieli — Schütz studied with Gabrieli in Venice from 1609; the dying master left his ring to Schütz as his chosen heir.
• Claudio Monteverdi — On his second Venetian journey (1628–29) Schütz absorbed Monteverdi's new dramatic style, visible in his Symphoniae sacrae II.

Which artists did Heinrich Schütz influence?

• Arnold Mendelssohn — Mendelssohn led the revival of Schutz in German church music and took the older master's polyphonic liturgical idiom into his own writing.