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in German, "Das ist mir lieb" (), commissioned by the Jena merchant Burckhard Grossmann in 1616 and eventually published in 1623. The composers are

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, then in alphabetical order

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, Nicolaus Erich, Andreas Finold,

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, Abraham Gensreff, Johannes Groh, Johann Krause, Christian Michael, Daniel Michael,

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and Caspar Trost.Gramophone: Volume 74, Issues 880-883 1996 The collection of 16 settings was eventually published in five volumes in 1623 under the title Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen ("Fear of Hell and Peace of the Soul"). " The settings range in complexity from that of Schütz, for 7 voices, down to settings for 3 or 2 voices. The setting of Schütz (

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51) has been recorded several times, the whole collection was recorded by the Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble and

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under

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in August 1994.

References

{{reflist Music of Germany Compositions by Heinrich Schütz 1623 compositions