Schütz-Werke directory
The Schütz Works Directory (SWV) is the directory of the works of the composer Heinrich Schütz designed by Werner Bittinger . It essentially arranges the works chronologically, i.e. in the order in which they were created.
Il primo libro de Madrigali (1611) - SWV 1-19
Madrigals , mostly five-part
- O primavera, gioventù de l'anno
- O dolcezze amarissimi d'amore
- Selve beate, se sospirando in flebili susurri
- Alma afflitta, che fai
- Cosi the debb'io
- D'orrida selce alpina
- Ride la primavera
- Fuggi o mio core
- Feritevi, viperette mordaci
- Fiamma ch'allaccia
- Quella damma son io
- Mi saluta costei, ma nel soave inchino
- Io moro, ecco ch'io moro
- Sospir che del bel petto
- Dunque addio, care selve
- Tornate o cari baci
- Di marmo siete voi
- Giunto è pure, Lidia, giunto
- Vasto mar, nel cui seno
- Blessed is he who has a virtuous wife (1618)
- House and goods are inherited from parents (1618)
Psalms of David (1619) - SWV 22-47
Psalms of David , multi-choir sacred concerts
- The Lord spoke to my master
- Why do the Gentiles rage (Ps. 2)
- Oh Lord, do not punish me in your anger (Ps. 6)
- From below, Lord, I call to you (Ps. 130)
- I am happy about what has been spoken to me
- Lord, our Ruler
- Happy those who do not walk in the counsel of the wicked (Ps. 1)
- How lovely are your homes, Lord of hosts (Ps. 84)
- Happy those who fear the Lord
- I lift my eyes to the mountains
- Give thanks to the Lord; because he's friendly
- The Lord is my Shepherd (Ps. 23)
- I thank the Lord with all my heart
- Sing a new song to the Lord (Ps. 98)
- Shout out to the Lord, all the world
- By the waters of Babylon (Ps. 137)
- Alleluia! Praise the Lord in his sanctuary
- Praise the Lord my soul (Ps. 103)
- Isn't Ephraim my dear son
- Well praise, my soul, gentlemen
- Who sow with tears
- Not us, Lord, not us
- Happy those who fear the Lord
- Thank the gentleman for he is kind
- Zion says: The Lord has forsaken me
- Shout out to the Lord, all the world
- See how fine and lovely it is
- Syncharma Musicum / The 124th Psalm
- Historia of the happy and victorious resurrection of our one Savior and Savior Jesus Christ ("Resurrection History")
- The 116th Psalm. I like that
- Miserable farewell: Grim tomb
Cantiones Sacrae (1625) - SWV 53-93
Spiritual madrigals, mostly four-part
- (Prima pars :) O bone, o dulcis, o benigne Jesu
- (Secunda pars :) Et ne despicias humiliter te petentem
- Deus misereatur nostri, et benedicat nobis
- (Prima pars :) Quid commisisti, o dulcissime puer?
- (Secunda pars :) Ego sum tui plaga doloris
- (Tertia pars :) Ego enim inique egi
- (Quarta pars :) Quo, nate Dei, quo tua descendit humilitas
- (Quinta et ultima pars :) Calicem salutaris accipiam
- (Prima pars :) Verba mea auribus percipe, domine
- (Secunda pars :) Quoniam ad te clamabo, Domine
- (Prima pars :) Ego dormio, et cor meum vigilat
- (Secunda pars :) Vulnerasti cor meum, filia charissima
- Hay mihi, Domine, quia peccavi nimis
- In te, domine, speravi
- Dulcissime et benignissime Christe
- Sicut Moses serpentem in deserto exaltavit
- Spes mea, Christe Deus, hominum tu dulcis amator
- Turbabor, sed non perturbabor
- (Prima pars :) Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi
- (Secunda pars :) Quid detur tibi aut quid apponatur tibi
- (Prima pars :) Aspice pater piissimum filium
- (Secunda pars :) Nun hic est, mi Domine, innocens Zonen
- (Tertia et ultima pars :) Reduc, Domine Deus meus, oculos majestatis
- (Prima pars :) Supereminet omnem scientiam, o bone Jesu
- (Secunda pars :) Pro hoc magno mysterio pietatis
- (Prima pars :) Domine, non est exaltatum cor meum
- (Secunda pars :) Si non humiliter sentiebam
- (Tertia et ultima pars :) Put Israel in dominoes
- Cantate Domino canticum novum
- Inter brachia Salvatoris mei
- Veni, rogo in cor meum
- Ecce advocatus meus apud te, Deum patrem
- (Prima pars :) Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me
- (Secunda pars :) Quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui
- (Tertia et ultima pars :) Discedite a me omnes qui operamini
- (Prima pars :) Oculi omnium in te sperant, Domine
- (Secunda pars :) Pater noster, qui es in coelis
- (Tertia et ultima pars :) Domine Deus, pater coelestis, benedic nobis
- (Prima pars :) Confitemini Domino, quoniam ipse bonus
- (Secunda pars :) Pater noster: Repetatur ut supra (= SWV 89)
- (Tertia et ultima pars :) Gratias agimus tibi, Domine Deus Pater
- I have given my thing to God
- Ultima verba Psalmi 23 (funeral motets)
- Luck to the helicon ( aria )
Beckerscher Psalter (1628, rev. 1661) - SWV 97–256
Four-part song movements
- Who does not sit in the council of the wicked ( Psalm 1)
- What do the people have in mind (Psalm 2)
- Oh how great is the enemy Rott (Psalm 3)
- Hear me when I call to you (Psalm 4)
- Lord hear what I want to ask you (Psalm 5)
- Oh Lord my God, don't punish me (Psalm 6)
- I trust in you, my Lord and God (Psalm 7)
- With thanks we are to praise (Psalm 8)
- With a happy heart (Psalm 9)
- What do you mean, oh Lord my God (Psalm 10)
- I trust in God, what should it be (Psalm 11)
- Oh God, see it from heaven (Psalm 12)
- Oh Lord, how long do you want to go (Psalm 13)
- The unwise mouth speaks well (Psalm 14)
- Who, Lord, will be yours in the huts (Psalm 15)
- Keep me God I trust in you (Psalm 16)
- Lord God, hear righteousness (Psalm 17)
- I love you very much, Lord (Psalm 18)
- The heavens, Lord, extol Your divine power and honor (Psalm 19)
- The Lord hears you in need (Psalm 20)
- The king rejoices (Psalm 21)
- My God, my God, oh Lord, my God (Psalm 22, 1st part)
- I want to announce in the Gmein (Psalm 22, 2nd part)
- The Lord is my faithful Shepherd (Psalm 23)
- The earth and what moves on it (Psalm 24)
- I long for you (Psalm 25)
- Lord, do me justice, accept mine (Psalm 26)
- My light and salvation is the Lord God (Psalm 27)
- I call to you, Lord God, my refuge (Psalm 28)
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- Rejoice in the Lord (Psalm 33)
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- Lord, who was gracious before (Psalm 86)
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- Sing a new song to the Lord (Psalm 96)
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- Lord God, of whom I boasted
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- Praise God with sound (Psalm 117)
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- Blessed are those who walk (Psalm 119)
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- Praise God in his sanctuary (Psalm 150)
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Symphoniae sacrae I (1629) - SWV 257-276
Sacred concerts for up to three voices with obligatory instruments
- Paratum cor meum, Deus
- Exultavit cor meum in dominoes
- In te, domine, speravi
- Cantabo Domino in vita mea
- Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis
- Jubilate Deodorant Terra
- (Prima pars :) Anima mea liquefacta est
- (Secunda pars :) Adjuro vos, filiae Hierusalem
- (Prima pars :) O quam tu pulchra es, amica mea
- (Secunda pars :) Veni de Libano, amica mea
- (Prima pars :) Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore
- (Secunda pars :) Exquisivi Dominum et exaudivit me
- Fili mi, Absalon
- Attendite, popule meus, legem meam
- Domine, labia mea aperies
- (Prima pars :) In lectulo per noctes quem diliget anima mea quaesivi
- (Secunda pars :) Invenerunt me custodes civitatis
- Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum
- (Prima pars :) Buccinate in neomenia tuba
- (Secunda pars :) Jubilate Deo in chordis et organo
- That is certainly true (funeral motets for Johann Hermann Schein )
- O of great miracles (canzonetta)
Musical exequies (1636) - SWV 279–281
- I came naked from the womb
- Lord if I only have you
- Lord, now you let your servant go in peace
Small Sacred Concerts I (1636) - SWV 282–305
Sacred concerts for one to six voices and basso continuo
- Hurry, God, to save me
- Bring here the lord, you mighty ones
- I thank the Lord with all my heart in the council of the pious
- O sweet, oh kind, oh gracious Lord Jesus Christ
- The Lord is great and very praiseworthy
- O dear Lord God, wake us up
- You saints, sing praises to the Lord
- Answer me when I call you, God of my justice
- Good for him who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
- Create in me, God, a pure heart
- The Lord looks from heaven on the children of men
- Praise the Lord who dwells in Zion
- I ask one thing from the gentleman
- O help, Christe God's Son / Christe Deus adjuva
- Do not be afraid, I am with you
- O Lord help, O Lord let it succeed
- The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
- Godliness is useful for all things
- Heaven and earth pass away
- Now come, the Gentile Savior / Veni redemptor gentium
- A child is born to us
- We all believe in one God
- See, my advocate is in heaven
- I have given my property to God / Meas dicavi res Deo
Small Sacred Concerts II (1639) - SWV 306–337
Sacred concerts for one to six voices and basso continuo
- I will always praise the Lord
- What have you achieved, O you most wonderful boy?
- O Jesus, noun dulce
- O misericordissime Jesus
- I lie and sleep and wake up
- Have your pleasure in the gentleman
- Lord I hope that you are so gracious
- Bone Jesu, verbum Patris
- Verbum caro factum est
- Hodie Christ natus est
- When our eyes go to sleep / Quando se claudunt lumina
- Master, we worked all night
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
- I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
- I've been young and I've grown old
- Lord if I only have you
- Rorate Coeli desuper
- Joseph, you son of David
- I am the resurrection and the life
- The soul of Christ sanctify me
- I call to you, Mr. Jesu Christ / Te Christe supplex invoco
- Honor only to God on high
- Veni, sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium
- Is God for us, who can be against us?
- Who will part us from the love of God?
- The voice of the gentleman rises on the waters
- Jubilate Deodorant Terra
- Greetings, Maria, you blessed one (with strings)
- Ave Maria, gratia plena (Latin version of SWV 333)
- How are you sad, my soul
- Quemadmodum desiderat cervus
- Aufer immense, Deus, aufer iram
- Teutoniam dudum belli atra pericla molestant / Adveniunt pascha pleno concelebranda triumpho
- I swear you, daughters of Jerusalem
- O you very sweetest and dearest Lord Jesus
Symphoniae sacrae II (1647) - SWV 341-367
Sacred concerts for up to three voices with obligatory instruments
- My heart is ready, God, for me to sing
- Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the world
- Lord our ruler, how glorious is your name
- My soul lifts up the Lord
- The Lord is my strength
- (First part :) I will not die, I will live
- (Other part :) I thank you, Lord, with all my heart
- I love you dearly, O Lord, my strength
- Rejoice with your hands and exult the Lord
- Praise the Lord in his sanctuary
- Be careful not to weigh down your hearts
- Lord, now you leave your servant
- What are you grieving, my soul?
- (First part :) Please give us peace
- (Other part) Give to our princes and all authorities
- God stand up (adaptation of two madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi )
- Shines like a ruby in fine gold
- Eat your bread with joy
- The Lord is my light and my salvation
- I ask two things, Lord, from you
- Lord, bow your heavens and descend
- From the rising of the sun to its setting
- Praise the Lord, all Gentiles
- Those, if you fear the gentlemen
- There are three beautiful things
- I don't want to leave God
- Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous
- Princely grace on water and on land (song of thanks)
Sacred choral music (1648) - SWV 369–397
Sacred choral music , five- to seven-part motets
- (First part :) The scepter will not be stolen from Judah
- (Other part :) He will wash his dress in wine
- The healing grace of God has appeared
- (First part :) Graciously grant us peace
- (Other part) Give to our princes and all authorities
- Our nobody lives for himself
- Much will come from morning and evening
- Gather the weeds beforehand
- Lord, I trust you
- Those who sow with tears will reap with joy
- So I go to Jesus Christ
- So God loved the world
- O dear Lord God, wake us up
- Comfort, comfort my people
- I am a calling voice
- A child is born to us
- The word was made flesh and dwelt among us
- The heavens tell the glory of god
- I love you dearly, oh Lord
- That is certainly true and a word that is dear to you
- I am a real vine
- Our walk is in heaven
- Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
- Whatever my God wants, always be
- I know that my saviour is alive
- Look at the fig tree and all the trees
- The angel spoke to the shepherds (arrangement of a composition by Andrea Gabrieli )
- A shout was heard on the mountain
- You scoundrel, I forgave you all of this debt
Symphoniae sacrae III (1650) - SWV 398-418
Sacred concerts for voices and instruments, some with multiple choirs
- The Lord is my shepherd, I will want nothing
- I lift my eyes to the mountains
- Where the Lord does not build the house
- My son, why did you do this to us?
- O Lord help, O Lord let it succeed
- See, the angel of the Lord appeared
- Sweep out the old sourdough
- O sweet Jesus Christ, who thinks rightly of you
- O Jesus sweet, whoever remembers you
- Let us praise the Lord our God
- A sower went out to sow his seed
- Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful
- See, this is set to be a case
- Our father who are in heaven
- See how fine and lovely it is
- Be careful not to weigh down your hearts
- Master, we know that you are real
- Saul, Saul, what are you chasing me?
- Lord, how long do you want to forget mine?
- Come, Holy Spirit, Lord God
- Now all thank God
- Oh my soul, why are you sad? (Funeral song)
Twelve Sacred Chants - SWV 420–431
Four-part chants a cappella
- Kyrie God the Father forever
- All honor and praise should be to God
- I believe in one God
- Our Lord Jesus Christ
- I thank the Lord with all my heart
- We all give thanks to God
- My soul lifts up the Lord
- O sweet Jesus Christ, who thinks rightly of you
- Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison
- All eyes are waiting for you
- Thank the Lord
- Christe fac ut sapiam
SWV 432-481
- Lord, now you leave your servant
- Lord, now you leave your servant
- Like when the eagle soars out of its cliff (Aria)
- Historia of the Nativity (Christmas History)
- Ego autem sum Dominus (fragment, singing voice not preserved)
- Veni, Domine (fragment, singing voice not preserved)
- The earth drinks for itself
- Today Christ the Lord is born
- Güldne HAIR, equal to Aurore (adaptation of a composition by Claudio Monteverdi )
- Dearest, says in sweet pain
- Virtue is the best friend
- Woman what are you crying
- Two people went up
- Oh stay with your grace
- I hoped in you (chorale)
- Have mercy on me
- Song of the three men in the fiery furnace (concert)
- Lord, our Ruler
- Oh Lord, you creator of all things
- After I lay in my dreary bed (madrigal)
- Doesn't Salomon let his bed surround him (madrigal)
- Rejoice in the woman of your youth
- Now let's God the Lord (chorale, maybe not real)
- The heavens tell the glory of God (motet, early version of SWV 386)
- Hodie Christ natus est (concert)
- I know my savior lives (motet)
- Litania: Kyrie Eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison
- Tell the guests (concert)
- Itzt look through the Himmels Saal (Madrigal)
- Lord, who were once gracious to your country
- In you, Lord, I trust
- Cantate Domino canticum novum (arrangement of a composition by Giovanni Gabrieli )
- I am the resurrection and the life
- Da pacem, domine
- Lord, who will dwell in your tents?
- Where the Lord God doesn't stop with us (Choralkanzone)
- Magnificat for five choirs
- Surrexit pastor bonus
- Christ has risen from the torture of all
- O bone Jesu, fili Mariae
- Lord God, we praise you ( German Te Deum , authenticity questionable)
- Where the Lord does not build the house
- Oh, how am I supposed to live in joy?
- Veni, Sancte Spiritus. concert
- Domini est terra
- Father Abraham, have mercy on me (Dialogus)
- The seven words of Jesus on the cross
- St. Matthew Passion
- Luke Passion
- St. John Passion
Swan song (1672) - SWV 482–494
Sacred concerts for two four-part choirs and basso continuo
- Good for those who live without change
- Do good to your servant
- Show me, Lord, the way of your right
- Remember your word to your servant
- You are doing good to your servant
- My soul longs for your salvation
- How do I love your law so much
- I hate the fluttering ghosts
- Your testimonials are wonderful
- I call with all my heart
- The princes persecute me without cause
- The 100th Psalm. Shout out to the Lord all over the world
- German Magnificat. My soul lifts up the Lord
- Our Lord Jesus Christ on the night he was betrayed (motet)
- Esaia the prophet that happened. (Choral concert) (incomplete)
- A child is born to us (incomplete)
- Stand up my friend
- Tulerunt Dominum (concert, incomplete)
- By the waters of Babylon
- With the Amphion (Aria)
Appendix 1 - Four shepherdesses, equally young, equally beautiful
Appendix 2 - Oh Lord, you son of David
Appendix 3 - The God Abraham
Appendix 4 - → SWV 498
Appendix 5 - Benedicam Domino
Appendix 6 - Rejoice with me
Appendix 7 - Lord, listen my word
Appendix 8 - Open the gates
Appendix 9 - Sumite psalmum
Appendix 10 - Dominus illuminatio mea
Appendix 11 - A quarrel arose in heaven
Web links
- Catalog of works by Heinrich Schütz, optionally sorted by SWV, opus number, year of creation, title and genre. Scope (last viewed on February 19, 2012): SWV 1–496, Appendix 1–11
- Werkverzeichnis Heinrich Schütz ' optionally sorted according to SWV, opus number, 1st line of text original text or translation and opus title. With detailed explanations, sheet music excerpts, pictures and music examples. Scope (last viewed on February 19, 2012): SWV 1–435
- Catalog of works Heinrich Schütz tabular catalog of works. Scope (last viewed on February 19, 2012): SWV 1–501