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'''Heinrich Schütz''' (1585-1672), [[German]] [[composer]], bridges the gap between the [[polyphony|polyphonic]] schools in various regions that found their greatest expression in the unaccompanied choral music of [[Palestrina]], [[Lassus]], [[William Byrd|Byrd]] and their contemporaries, and the later accompanied [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] excellence of [[Bach]] and [[Handel]]. He is considered to be the first [[German]] composer of international renown.

'''Heinrich Schütz''' (1585-1672), [[German]] [[composer]], bridges the gap between the [[polyphony|polyphonic]] schools in various regions that found their greatest expression in the unaccompanied choral music of [[Palestrina]], [[Lassus]], [[William Byrd|Byrd]] and their contemporaries, and the later accompanied [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] excellence of [[Bach]] and [[Handel]]. He is considered to be the first [[German]] composer of international renown.