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Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)

Episode 4: A Decade Attempting to Retire

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the man described as the "father of German Music", Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672). Today, Donald focuses on the years Schutz spent at the penniless court in Dresden, where musicians' wages frequently went unpaid. Schutz was desperate to retire, but found his pleas ignored by the aged Elector Johann Georg I. Show less

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