German: Christ ist erstanden | |
Composer: | Heinrich Schütz |
Genre: | Sacred vocal music |
Catalogue: | SWV 470 |
Text: | Christ ist erstanden |
Language: | German |
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Christ ist erstanden (Christ is risen), SWV 470, is a sacred choral work by Heinrich Schütz, a setting of the German Easter hymn "Christ ist erstanden". It is scored for a three-part Favoritchor SAT, two Capellchor SATB, a choir of four trombones (Coro di tromboni), a choir of four viols (Coro di viole) and basso continuo.
Christ ist erstanden is part of the complete edition of the composer's works by Carus-Verlag, begun in 1992 as the Stuttgart Schütz Edition and planned to be completed by 2017. The edition uses the German: Heinrich-Schütz-Archiv of the German: [[Hochschule für Musik Dresden]].