Jacob Hintze
Jacob Hintze (* 1622 in Bernau near Berlin, † 1702 in Berlin ) was a German church musician.
Life
Jacob Hintze, son of the town musician Georg Bernau and his wife Catharina, née Rückers, received his musical education between 1638 and 1643 in Berlin and Spandau . Then he stayed temporarily in various cities in the Baltic Sea region. He performed short-term musical activities in Berlin, Spandau, Insterburg and Küstrin . He worked in Stettin from 1651 and then from 1659 until the end of his life as a city musician in Berlin.
After Johann Crüger's death , between 1666 and 1698 he published the 12th to 28th edition of the hymn book Praxis pietatis melica , to which he also added his own compositions. Among other things, he composed the hymn Give yourself satisfied and be silent (Evangelical Hymn book No. 371) based on a text by Paul Gerhardt . The song was also used by Johann Sebastian Bach as the basis for several chorale arrangements . Kurt Fiebig created a cantata of the same name in 1966 .
Jacob Hintze married Anna Catharina Reuschel in Berlin in 1664, the daughter of the court bookbinder Martin Reuschel. The marriage had three children.
literature
- Martin Geck: Hintze, Jacob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 193 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Publications by and about Jacob Hintze in VD 17 .
- Works by and about Jacob Hintze in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hintze, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1622 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernau near Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1702 |
| Place of death | Berlin |