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Collected Works. Edited by Arthur Prüfer. 7 Volumes. Originally published at Leipzig, 1901-1923.
A restless and inventive composer, Schein, along with Hassler, Praetorius, Schütz and Scheidt, belongs in the forefront of early baroque German masters.
A baroque "modernist" he was one of the first to bring Italian monody and instrumental style to German music, to compose expressive adaptations of chorales for organ, and to introduce the poetic form of the madrigal to German music. His Opella nova is of great importance to the development of the chorale concertato in its transformation into the chorale cantata; in his Banchetto musicale he molded to perfection the variation suite of the early baroque.
Contents:
Vol. 1 Venuskränzlein, Wittenberg, 1609; Banchetto musicale,
Leipzig, 1617.
Vol. 2 Musica boscareccia oder Waldliederlein: 1621, 1626, 1628.
Vol. 3 Duetti pastorali (Hirtenlust), with basso continuo, Leipzig, 1624;
Studentenschmaus for 5 voices, Leipzig, 1626, 1634.
Vol. 4 Cymbalum Sionium sive Cantiones sacrae (for 5, 6, 8, 10, and 12
voices), Leipzig, 1615. Part I - 5 & 6-voice motets; Part II - 8,
10, & 12-voice motets.
Vol. 5 Opella nova (Sacred Concertos with 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices. Parts
I - III, Leipzig 1618-1626): Part I - 30 concertos.
Vol. 6 Opella nova, Part II - 20 concertos.
Vol. 7 Opella nova. Part III - 12 concertos.
1,558 pages
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