8 October 1585 A.D. Heinrich Schutz Born—German Lutheran Musician & Prelude to Johann Sebastian Bach
8 October 1585 A.D. Heinrich Schutz Born—German Lutheran Musician & Prelude to Johann Sebastian Bach Graves, Dan. “Heinrich Schutz Fulfilled Luther’s Dream.” Christianity.com. Jun 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1501-1600/heinrich-schutz-fulfilled-luthers-dream-11630034.html . Accessed 30 May 2014. Martin Luther, the best-known Protestant reformer, wanted the German language to be the language of German religious life. That is one reason he translated the Bible into it. On this day, October 8, 1585 , thirty-nine years after Luther's death, Heinrich Schutz was born. Luther would have been proud of what Heinrich accomplished. The greatest Protestant German composer before Bach, most of what Schutz wrote was religious and much of it was in German. Heinrich showed real musical talent as a young man. Landgrave (Count) Moritz was so impressed with him, he made him a choirboy at Kassel where he studied music und...