#samuelscheidt

Samuel Scheidt, Paduan à 4. 

Samuel Scheidt Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund. It’s interesting to see the interweaving of the lines in the score. 

An extract from Samuel Scheidt’s organ works, Alamanda Bruynsmedelijn. 

Another famous chorale, set to music by many composers such as Buxtehude. This is Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern by Samuel Scheidt. 

This stands as a testament to the influence of Lutheran chorales (and those of his followers) on the history of German composition and musical life. A few years ago, I believed that only Bach had composed a setting to this chorale. In fact, other composers such as Tunder, Pachelbel, and now Scheidt had also done so. Notice the polyphonic setting here, which would be enriched in the later Baroque era. 

Samuel Scheidt, Cantiones Sacrae, sung by Vox Luminis. 

An appropriate song for the beginning of 2020: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist. By German composer Samuel Scheidt (1587- 1654). 

My Youtube recommendations were turning up the same videos I have already watched, albeit from composers I enjoy. In a search for new music, I looked up composers from the North German Organ School. These were composers active during the early Baroque period whose work helped develop organ technique and repertoire. In so doing, I found a Samuel Scheidt (1587- 1654), a German organist and composer whose works I have enjoyed this evening. Here is Ascendo ad Patrem meum. Sung by Vox Luminis.