Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), who is often regarded as the most important German composer before J. S. Bach, is a central figure of the early Baroque period. His music combines the expressive intensity of the new Italian style, which he had absorbed during his studies with Giovanni Gabrieli in Venice, with the strict counterpoint and textual clarity favored in Protestant Germany. Schütz devoted much of his long career to sacred music, serving as Kapellmeister in Dresden and creating works that profoundly shaped the development of German liturgical composition. His most important works include his Passions. Three authentic ones have survived: the St. Matthew Passion (1666), the St. Luke Passion (1665) and the St. John Passion (1664). Although no St. Mark Passion by Schütz has survived, the three surviving passions form a coherent and expressive trilogy.
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