What is Heinrich Schütz?
{{unreferenced|date=July 2011}} [[Image:Schutz.jpg|thumb|right|Heinrich Schütz.]] '''Heinrich Schütz''' (born Köstritz, [[Saxony]], 8 October 1585; died [[Dresden]], Germany, 6 November 1672) was a [[Germany|German]] [[baroque music|baroque]] composer. As a young man he travelled to [[Italy]] to learn the art of composition from the great Italian [[composer]]s. He had lessons from [[Giovanni Gabrieli]]. When Gabrieli died in 1612 Schütz returned to Germany. He visited Italy a second time in 1628 to learn from the music of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]. He also visited [[Copenhagen]]. For much of his life he was a court composer at the Electoral Chapel in Dresden. Most of his work consists of [[choir|choral]] works especially [[motet]]s and [[madrigal]]s. He was very good at writing [[counterpoint]] and his music has some very striking effects. His ''Christmas Oratorio '' is particularly famous. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schutz, Heinrich}} [[Category:17th-century German composers]] [[Category:Baroque composers]] [[Category:1585 births]] [[Category:1672 deaths]]