Geistliche Chor-Music (SWV 369-397) by the great German early Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) is a collection... More > of twenty-nine motets for five (SSATB or SATTB), six (SSATTB), or seven voices and optional basso continuo. This easy-to-read, scholarly edition by Andrew Thomas Kuster results from a painstaking reexamination of the original part books, printed in 1648. This edition puts Schütz's music in modern clefs, retains the original note values, includes English translations, and has keyboard reductions to simplify rehearsal. Incipits show original part names, clefs, time signatures, and ranges. The edition contains fifty pages of critical commentary, translations of Schütz's preface, and plates to aid study. Among the gems of this collection are Selig sind die Toten, Die mit Tränen säen, So fahr ich hin, and Das ist je gewisslich wahr. 328 pages. (This work is also commonly spelled Geistliche Chormusic or Geistliche Chormusik, by Heinrich Schuetz or Heinrich Schutz, edited by Andrew Kuster.) < Less

Stravinsky's Topology is an innovative explanation of the music of the great composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971).... More > Specifically, this book examines Stravinsky’s implementation of certain twelve-tone row forms for particular formal events and to enhance the poetry in his later works with poetic texts. This book, reprinted from a doctoral dissertation, presents a new analytical method called Object-Oriented analysis to study Stravinsky’s smaller works "Epitaphium", "Anthem", "Elegy for J. F. K.", "Fanfare for a New Theater", and "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat". The remainder of this book is devoted to a detailed examination of Stravinsky’s expanded Object-Oriented compositional technique in "The Flood" and in his largest late work, "Threni". This investigation concludes with remarks about how a conductor can apply Object-Oriented analysis in performance. 216 pages. < Less

Motets number 9 & 21, "Herr, auf dich traue ich" & "Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock" (SWV 377 & 389) from Geistliche... More > Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz, for 5 voices (SSATB) & 6 voices (SSATTB), with optional basso continuo. 20 pages. < Less

Motets number 4 & 5, "Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich" & "Gib unsern Fürsten und aller Obrigkeit" (SWV 372 & 373) from... More > Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz, for 5 voices (SSATB), with optional basso continuo. 16 pages. < Less

Der 116. Psalm "Das ist mir lieb" (SWV 51) by the great German early Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) is a... More > setting of Psalm 116 in six sections for five voices (SSATB). This easy-to-read, scholarly edition by Andrew Thomas Kuster puts Schütz's music in modern clefs, retains the original note values, includes English translations, and has keyboard reductions to simplify rehearsal. Incipits show original part names, clefs, time signatures, and ranges. The six sections of Schütz's Psalm setting are: Das ist mir lieb, Stricke des Todes, Der Herr ist gnädig, Sei nun wieder zufrieden, Ich will den heilsamen Kelch nehmen, and In den Höfen. 40 pages. (The name of the composer of this work is also commonly spelled Heinrich Schuetz or Heinrich Schutz, edited by Andrew Kuster.) < Less

Quid commisisti (SWV 56-60) from Cantiones sacrae by the great German early Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) is... More > a collection of five motets for four voices (SATB) and optional basso continuo. This easy-to-read, scholarly edition by Andrew Thomas Kuster results from a painstaking reexamination of the original part books, printed in 1625. This edition puts Schütz's music in modern clefs, retains the original note values, includes English translations, and has keyboard reductions to simplify rehearsal. Incipits show original part names, clefs, time signatures, and ranges. The titles of the five motets in this collection are Quid commisisti (SWV 56), Ego sum tui plaga doloris (SWV 57), Ego enim inique egi (SWV 58), Quo nate Dei (SWV 59), and Calicem salutaris accipiam (SWV 59). 36 pages. (This work is also commonly called Five Passion Motets or Fünf lateinische Passionsmotetten, by Heinrich Schuetz or Heinrich Schutz, edited by Andrew Kuster.) < Less

A coloring book of 50 emblems taken from Atalanta fugiens: secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum by Michael... More > Maier (1596-1622), engraved by Johannes Theodorus de Bry or Matthäus Merian, published by the heirs of Theodor de Bry, first published in 1617. The present volume omits the original music, discourses, and other text. Epigrams in Latin with English translations by Andrew Thomas Kuster. < Less

Motet number 21, "Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock" (SWV 389) from Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz, for 6 voices... More > (SSATTB), with optional basso continuo. 12 pages. < Less

Motet number 27 (SWV 395) from Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz. For two voices (ST) & 5 instruments, or 7 voices... More > (SATTTBB), with optional basso continuo. The motet in this separate volume is TRANSPOSED up a major third from the original pitch. 16 pages. < Less

Motet number 23, "Selig sind die Toten" (SWV 391) from Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz, for 6 voices (SSATTB),... More > with optional basso continuo. 12 pages. < Less