Biography
Nathanael Schnittelbach (June 16th 1633 in Gdansk - November 16th 1667 in Lübeck ) was a German composer and violinist. His father, Johann Schnittelbach was organist at St. Jacobi in Gdansk for 45 years. After his training Nathanael Schnittelbach found his first job in 1650 as a temporary violinist at St. Mary's Church. In 1653 he became a musician at the court orchestra of Christina of Sweden. After he had unsuccessfully applied for a position in Gdansk, he returned in the spring of 1655 to Germany and became Council musician in Lübeck. In October 1667 Schnittelbach was on a concert tour took ill and died a month later. Schnittelbach enjoyed an outstanding reputation as a violinist. He was famous all over Germany and beyond in Poland, Denmark, Holland and Sweden; Ernst Ludwig Gerber called him "one of the greatest violinists of the 17th Century". Schnittelbach's most famous student was Nicolaus Adam Strungk .
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