Jacob Hintze

Alias: Jakob Hintze

Life

Born: 4 September 1622, Bernau, Germany

Died: 5 May 1702, Berlin

Biography

German composer, became 1666 court musician to the Elector of Brandenburg at Berlin; but he retired to his birthplace in 1695, and died at Berlin with the reputation of being an excellent contrapuntist. Edited the 12th and subsequent editions of Johann Crüger's 'Praxis pietatis,' Berlin, 1666, 1690, 1695, adding to it 65 hymns.

Wikipedia (in German): Jacob Hintze

List of choral works

• Alle Menschen müssen sterben (Chorale), BWV 262 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• At the Lamb's high feast we sing

 
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External links

• Works by Jacob Hintze in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)