Straus Christoph (c.1575 - 1631)
Compositor Vienes
Bio
http://www.arts.uci.edu/sscm/archives/2000abstract.html
http://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=894640001066
http://www.requiemsurvey.org/composers.php?id=739
Es autor de dos Requiems

Requiem
Parte de un grupo de Misas y otro

Requiem
Compuesto en 1631
Para 2 coros alto y bajo ,solistas y cuerdas
Año de su Muerte.
Info
Christoph Straus's requiem of 1631 (ed. in DTÖ, lix, Jg.xxx/1, 1923/R) is scored for two choruses, one high and one low, with voices and instruments (strings) combined. Little distinction is made between vocal and instrumental idioms, but some variety of scoring is indicated by ‘ta[cent]' and ‘son[ant]’ markings in the string parts. Text illustration includes vocal trilli for ‘Quantus tremor est futurus’; and an optional Symphonia ad imitatione campanae, with tolling bell patterns in the bass supporting overlapping figuration above, provides a suitably sombre opening.