Christoph Straus

Alias: Christoph Strauss

Life

Born: 1575

Died: 1631

Biography

Christoph Straus was an Austrian composer, cantor and organist. His church music includes polyphonic pieces and polychoral Masses, including a notable Requiem for high and low choirs. Although his textures were, by current standards, old-fashioned at the time, his word painting proves his acquaintance with the newest Italian music. He was employed as Court composer by Emperor Ferdinand II from 1616 to 1620 and rose to the post of Kapellmeister in St Stephen's Cathedral. He wrote 36 motets (published in 1613) and 16 surviving masses (1631). His later compositions require a wide variety of orchestral colours. (source: Wikipedia)

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List of choral works

Amen, Amen dico vobis a 6 Anima mea cessa iam peccare a 6 Anima mea iam de somno a 8 Ave verum corpus a 8 Beati omnes a 9 Cantate Domino a 8 Cor meum conturbatum est a 5 Deus laudem meam a 8 Domine Deus meus a 6 Domine Dominus noster a 7 Eripe me Domine a 5 Exaudi Deus a 7 (I) Exaudi Deus a 7 (II) Expectans expectavi Dominum a 8 Exurge Domine a 6 Gabriel Angelus a 9 Gaudent in cælis a 8 Hodie Christus natus est a 8 Hodie completi sunt a 10

Hodie Simon Petrus a 8 Hæc dies quam fecit Dominus a 9 In nomine Iesu a 5 Iudica Domine a 8 Jubilate Deo a 6 (I) Jubilate Deo a 6 (II) Laetatus sum a 8 Misericordias Domini a 7 Missa Concertata in Echo a 8 O Domine Iesu Christe a 7 O Rex gloriae a 10 O sacrum convivium a 9 O Sapientia a 8 Paratum cor meum a 8 Puer qui natus est nobis a 8 Qui habitat a 5 Regina cæli lætare a 8 Tu es vas a 8

 

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Publications

• Sacrarum cantionum compositio

External links

• Works by Christoph Straus in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)