1619—Dresden, Germany

Heinrich Schütz publishes Psalmen Davids, his first major collection of German church works. Many of the works include brass, including prominent trombone parts and obbligato roles (Smallman 35, 37, 42). Herr unser Herrscher and Zion spricht, der Herr hat mich Verlassen both call for 4 trombones, for example, while Ist nicht Ephraim mein theurer Sohn and Wol dem, der den Herren fürchtet call for 3 trombones (Collver 168).