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SSATTB chorus, basso continuo - Level 3 SKU: CA.2043250 Deutsches Nunc dimittis. Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Helmut Lauterwasser. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 1656. SWV 432. Duration 4 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2043250). ISBN 9790007293710. Key: G dorian. German/English.Schutz set the German Nunc dimittis "Herr, nun lassest du deinen Diener" on the death of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I in 1656 "in two different ways" and had these printed. But unfortunately the 1st soprano part is lost. In this edition it has been reconstructed by Helmut Lauterwasser for the Stuttgart Schutz Edition. In another edition, Carus also offers the historic reconstruction of the part made by Heinrich von Herzogenberg in 1892 (available as Carus 20.432).Separate edition taken from Vol. 19 of the Stuttgart Schutz Edition (Complete Edition Carus 20.919).. Score available separately - see item CA.2043200.

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