Syncharma musicum, SWV 49 (Heinrich Schütz)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-02-11). Score information: A4, 20 pages, 163 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Clefs modernised. Source may be found at IMSLP.
- Editor: Steven Langley Guy (submitted 2005-02-10). Score information: Letter, 36 pages, 270 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Syncharma musicum, SWV 49
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Georg Baumanncreate page (Latin text underlay)
Lyricist: Psalm 124 (German text underlay)
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSSTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Languages: Latin, German
Instruments: Mixed ensemble
First published: 1621
2nd published: 1893 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 15, no. 1
3rd published: 1971 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 38, no. 2
Description: Chorus I: 3 cornetti and Tenor;
Chorus II: Tenor and 3 bassoons;
Chorus III: 3 Soprani and Bass, with basso continuo.
The Latin text appears to be an encomium to John George I, Elector oF Saxony (1585-1656). The underlaid German text is a version of Psalm 124.
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Original text and translations
Latin text En novus Elysiis succedit sedibus hospes, |
German text Wo Gott nicht selbst bei uns wäre, so soll Israel sagen, |