Thomas Baltzar

Thomas Baltzar (c. 1631 in Lübeck, † July 24, 1663 in London ) was a German violinist and composer.

When his teacher of Lübeck musicians Nicolaus Bleyer and Johann Schop apply. From 1653 to 1654 was Baltzar chamber violinist of Queen Christina of Sweden and went to their abdication after initially to Lübeck, where he got a job as a council musician and then in 1655 to London. There aroused the polyphonic violin playing of the twenty-five -year-old sensation. 1661, he was appointed first violinist of the Chapel Royal. He held until his untimely death in July 1663 Current employment.

In England, he was one of the first to use the basso continuo in their works. He created compositions for violin solo, some with Scordatura and trio sonatas, but also works for string ensembles. He united the North German instrumental style with that of the English consort music. His subsequent composers such as Nicola Matteis and Henry Purcell took many this Article

A report published in 1888, CV Baltzars by Carl Stiehl was entitled: " Thomas Baltzar a Paganini of his time ".