It is due to Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), that the rather provincial music from the German states started to open up to modernity, which undisputedly was centered in Italy at the time. His four years of study with Giovanni Gabrieli from 1609 to 1613 and his second stay in Venice with Claudio Monteverdi from 1628 to 1629 revealed
“Art and science alone elevate mankind to divinity … True art is imperishable.“
Thus the words with which Beethoven, born in Bonn on the River Rhine in December 1770, proclaimed his artistic credo. In 2020 musicians and music-lovers from all over the world will celebrate the 250th birthday
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Mårten Jansson: Sacred Choral Works
Mårten Jansson (*1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Kungliga MusikHögskolan (Royal College of Music), Stockholm with a MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice.
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