Heinrich Schütz
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Heinrich Schütz Net Worth

Heinrich Schütz was a renowned German composer and organist of the 17th century, renowned for his compositions of vocal and choral music. His works blended the polychoral style of Giovanni Gabrieli and Protestant church music to create dramatic masterpieces. He traveled extensively and served at many courts across Europe, publishing several volumes of sacred music such as the Psalmen Davids and the Symphoniarum sacrarum. Unfortunately, a large portion of his works remain unpublished and are believed to be lost. He is commemorated as a musician in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on the 28th of July, alongside Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Composer, Organist
Birth Day October 15, 2008
Birth Place Bad Köstritz, German
Age 12 YEARS OLD
Died On November 6, 1672
Birth Sign Scorpio

💰 Net worth

Heinrich Schütz, a renowned German composer and organist, is believed to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in the year 2024. Widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the 17th century, Schütz's music continues to captivate audiences with its rich melodies and profound emotions. With a career spanning several decades, he composed a vast body of work encompassing sacred and secular music. Schütz's immense talent and contributions to the world of music undoubtedly established him as a household name, and his net worth represents the lasting impact of his extraordinary career.

Biography/Timeline

1590

In 1590 the family moved to Weißenfels, where his father managed the inn "Zum güldenen Ring". His father eventually served as burgomaster in Weißenfels, and in 1615 purchased another inn known as both "Zur güldenen Sackpfeife" and "Zum güldenen Esel" – which he renamed "Zum Schützen".

1598

While Schütz was living with his parents, his musical talents were discovered by Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel in 1598 during an overnight stay in Christoph Schütz's inn. Upon hearing young Heinrich sing, the landgrave requested that his parents allow the boy to be sent to his noble court for further education and instruction. His parents initially resisted the offer, but after much correspondence they eventually took Heinrich to the landgrave’s seat at Kassel in August 1599.

1609

After being a choir-boy he went on to study law at Marburg before going to Venice from 1609–1612 to study music with Giovanni Gabrieli. Gabrieli is the only person Schütz ever referred to as being his Teacher. He also inherited a ring from Gabrieli shortly before the latter's death. He subsequently was organist at Kassel from 1613 to 1615.

1615

Schütz moved to Dresden in 1615 to work as court Composer to the Elector of Saxony. His Dresden compositions after the Thirty Years' War were more lightly orchestrated than those before. In 1619 Schütz married Magdalena Wildeck who had been born in 1601. She bore two daughters before her death in 1625: Anna Justina born in 1621 and Euphrosyne born in 1623.

1628

In Dresden Schütz sowed the seeds of what is now the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, but left there on several occasions; in 1628 he went to Venice again, where he met and studied with Claudio Monteverdi. In 1633 he was invited to Copenhagen to compose the music for wedding festivities there, eventually returning to Dresden in 1635. He again conducted an extended visit to Denmark in 1641. The Thirty Years' War ended in 1648, and he became more active. In 1655, the year that his daughter Euphrosyne died, he accepted an ex officio post as Kapellmeister at Wolfenbüttel.

1660

Schutz did not put on large-scale compositions until the 1660s, when he composed the greatest Passionmusic before Bach.

1672

Schütz died in Dresden from a stroke in 1672 at the age of 87. He was buried in the old Dresden Frauenkirche, but his tomb was destroyed in 1727 when the church was torn down to build the new Dresden Frauenkirche.

2016

Schütz's compositions show the influence of his Teacher Gabrieli (displayed most notably with Schütz's use of resplendent polychoral and concertato styles) and of Monteverdi. Additionally, the influence of the Netherlandish composers of the 16th century is prominent in his work. His best known works are in the field of sacred music, ranging from solo voice with instrumental accompaniment to a cappella choral music. Representative works include his Psalmen Davids (Psalms of David, Opus 2), Cantiones sacrae (Opus 4), three books of Symphoniae sacrae, Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (Seven words of Jesus Christ on the Cross), three Passion settings and the Christmas Story. Schütz's music, while starting off in the most progressive styles early in his career, eventually grew into a style that is simple and almost austere, culminating with his late Passion settings. Practical considerations were certainly responsible for part of this change: the Thirty Years' War had devastated the musical infrastructure of Germany, and it was no longer practical or even possible to put on the gigantic works in the Venetian style which marked his earlier period.

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