Ewald Hintz

Ewald Hintz (1613-1668) was a polish organist and composer.

Life

Ewald was baptized on April 24, 1613, in Gdanśk. He was born to Martin Hintz. He later became a student of Johann Jakob Froberger.

Starting in September, 1643, Ewald became the organist at the big organ in St. Johann's in Gdanśk. In 1666 he replaced Paul Siefert at St. Mary's.

Hintz passed away in 1668, and he was buried on July 25 of that year.

Work

One piece in the Pelplin Tablatures is a chorale fantasia written by "Ewald". This was later connected to Ewald Hintz.

The chorale fantasia is written "auf 3 clavier" with the cantus firmus appearing in the Rückpositiv and Brustwerk. At the end, Ewald includes an echo passage between Rückpositiv and Brustwerk.

The piece was published for the first time in Corpus of Early Keyboard Music vol. 10.

References

Beckmann, Klaus, Die Norddeutsche Schule. Teil II: Blütezeit und Verfall. Mainz: Schott, 2009. 398.

Gołos, Jerzy and Sutykowski, Adam (editors). Keyboard Music from Polish Manuscripts. Volume 1: Organ Chorales by Nicolaus Hasse and Ewaldt. Corpus of Early Keyboard Music 10. American Institute of Musicology: 1965.