Schröter, Leonhard

Composer Information

Leonhardt Schröter (c. 1532 – c. 1601) was a German Renaissance choirmaster, teacher, and composer at Magdeburg. Schröter composed carols, hymns, moetes, a passion, psalms, and a Te Deum which date from 1571 to 1587. He also composed several part-songs dating from 1562, which have been noted for their contrapuntal ability. His style has been described as having the “greatest simplicity”, but also the “highest grandeur,” simultaneously simple and sublime. He employed Reformation polyphony in his chorale settings, and also homophony, most notably in his eight-voice double-choir settings. His choral settings of psalms, while not numerous, are considered an "important contribution" to the Protestant motet tradition.  [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• O Hail This Brightest Day of Days
• A Child Is Born at Bethlehem
• Dear Christians, rejoice
• In sweet rejoicing
• Praise God, ye Christians all together
• Hort zu und seid getrost sehr