CMLXXXII. SCHÜTZ, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Psalmen Davids, Psalm #111: Ich Danke Dem Herrn (1619)
Festival Oude Muziek
(5:07)
When antiphony was all the rage -- a generation before Bach -- and a technique handed down by Schütz's teacher, Gabrielli.
In this post, I looked at another of these Psalms. The eight-part writing is so seductively brilliant -- I Sibelius-ed the entire thing.
This one has eight separate instrumental parts as well. [Are they all getting covered with this ensemble? Hard to tell, but they give a terrific live performance.]
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Clef nerd alert. As young trombonist, I had to know three clefs: bass clef (aka F-Clef)
; tenor 
and alto clef 
. The vague knowledge of this one 
(mezzo-soprano) came in handy once when I had to sight-read a French horn part.
And with Schütz, we get this lovely rare one -- the sub-bass clef: 
placing F on the fifth line -- which means one can read it in regular old treble 
two octaves lower!
Two choruses and two capellas, consisting of eight instruments.
Reduction of Bars 1-9:
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