Es ging ein Sämann aus zu säen, SWV 408 (Heinrich Schütz)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2015-09-08). Score information: A4, 32 pages, 259 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Clefs modernised. Musica ficta in source absorbed into staves. Time signatures changed from 8/4 to 4/4 and 6/1 to 3/1 respectively. Source may be found at IMSLP.
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Title: Es ging ein Sämann aus zu säen, SWV 408
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Source of text: Luke 8:5-8
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: German
Instruments: 2 violins, cello and organ bc
First published: 1650 in Symphoniae sacrae III, Op. 12, no. 11
2nd published: 1891 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 11, no. 1
3rd published: 1996 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 20, no. 1
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Original text and translations
German text Es ging ein Sämann aus, zu säen seinen Samen. |
English translation A sower went out to sow his seed: |