Geistliche Chormusik

Geistliche Chormusik
by Heinrich Schütz
Title page of Geistliche Chor-Music, 1648
CatalogueSWV 369 to 397
Opus11
GenreCollections of motets
Text
  • Biblical texts
  • hymns
LanguageGerman
DedicationLeipzig, its mayor, council and Thomanerchor
Published21 April 1648 (1648-04-21) in Dresden
Vocal5 to 7 voices
Schütz, the Dresden court composer

Geistliche Chormusik (Sacred choral music) is a collection of motets on German texts for choir by Heinrich Schütz. It was printed in Dresden in 1648 as his Opus Undecimum (Op. 11), and comprises 29 individual settings for five to seven voices, which were assigned numbers 369 to 397 in the Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (SWV). The original title was Geistliche Chor-Music, Erster Theil which indicates that Schütz planned a second part. It is also known as Geistliche Chor-Music 1648. The collection contains earlier and new works and a German arrangement of a motet by Andrea Gabrieli.