Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, SWV 143 (Heinrich Schütz)

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1628 version

(Posted 2019-05-05) CPDL #54149: (MS) (OS)

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2019-05-05). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 55 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print. Continuous barlines are in the original score. Original Note values retained, clefs modernized. MS = modernized spelling, OS = original spelling. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

(Posted 2017-08-25) CPDL #46071:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-08-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the Blankenburg edition on IMSLP. Musica ficta are editorial. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

1661 version

(Posted 2019-05-05) CPDL #54150:

Original pitch:

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(OS)

Score information: A4, 2 pages, 64 kB

Transposed down a fourth:

(MS)

(OS)

Score information: A4, 2 pages, 72 kB

(Posted 2017-08-26) CPDL #46074:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-08-26). Score information: A4, 1 page, 33 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the Blankenburg edition on IMSLP. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, SWV 143
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Martin Luther

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Chorale

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1628 in Psalmen Davids, Op. 5. Revised by Schütz in 1661, no. 46
2nd published: 1894 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 16, no. 46
3rd published: 1957 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 6, p. 47
Description: Psalm 46.1/46.2 from the Becker Psalter.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ein feste Burg.