Grimmige Gruft, SWV 52 (Schütz, Heinrich)

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Editor Heinrich Spitta (1902-1972)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 18
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1927. Plate H.S. XVIII.
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Work Title Grimmige Gruft, so hast du dann
Alternative. Title Trauerode für die Fürstin Sophie von Sachsen , Januar 1623 ; Kläglicher Abschied.
Composer Schütz, Heinrich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. SWV 52
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHS 46
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1623 January
Librettist Composer
Language German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 7 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Soprano voice and continuo

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Alternate title from Rothmund, "Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) : Kulturpatriotismus und deutsche weltliche Vokalmusik: "zum Auffnehmen der Music, auch Vermehrung unserer Nation Ruhm" (2004)

Grimmige Gruft, judging from the notes to the Carus recording, is the text incipit to the piece, whose title is Kläglicher Abschied or Trauerode, which was composed for the death in 7 December 1622 of Countess Sophie, composed/completed/ready by January 1623 (but perhaps not necessarily published then??).

Funeral was 28 January 1623, and WorldCat suggests that perhaps it or at least the work's libretto was published in time for the funeral in 1623, while the music may have been published in 1922 - WorldCat?


Recorded on Carus 83.238, 2011 (under name Kläglicher Abschied.)