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EVA HEINITZ (BERLIN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 2, 1907 – SEATTLE WA, USA, APRIL 1, 2001)

 

 

 

 

Eva Heinitz was a German musician, best known as a cellist but also highly acclaimed for her recordings on the viola da gamba. Heinitz, who was “half Jewish”, left her native Berlin after the Nazis came to power, living first in France and later the United States, where she joined the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle in 1948.

Heinitz was considered for some time to be an authority on the viola da gamba (especially regarding pieces written for the instrument by Johann Sebastian Bach), though it was a title she immensely disliked. Heinitz remained active late into her life, and continued teaching and giving occasional interviews until her death.

In 1931, in Berlin, she gave the premiere of the Cello Sonata by John Foulds.

While at the University of Washington, Heinitz was an excellent (and patient) teacher who introduced young Americans to the joys of early music and the viola da gamba.[citation needed] In 1964 she took on a group of students from Dr. Wallace Goleeke’s Ingraham High School Madrigal Singers, teaching them to play in a viol ensemble of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass Renaissance instruments.

 

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5e Pièce de Clavecin en Concert (Rameau) La Cupis… La Marais Jean Pasquier violin; Eva Heinitz viola da gamba; Pauline Aubert harpsichord 30 S AS 79 L’Anthologie sonore

5e Pièce de Clavecin en Concert (Rameau) La Forqueray Jean Pasquier violin; Eva Heinitz viola da gamba; Pauline Aubert harpsichord 30 A  AS 78 L’Anthologie sonore

Prélude en re mineur (Marais) Allemande… Sarabande… Gigue Eva Heinitz viola da gamba, Clerget, viola da gamba, Pauline Aubert clavecin 78B AS 169 L’Anthologie Sonore

Sonate Pour Flûte, Gambe Et Clavecin (Leclair) Sarabande… Allegro Assai Gaston Blanquart flute; Eva Heinitz viola da gamba and Marcelle de Lacour Harpsichord 48 B AS 112 L’Anthologie Sonore

 

Melodie (Rubinstein) 2178 1305 Orchestrola Elektra

Melodie (Rubinstein) E. G. 1106 8-47863 Electrola

Träumerei (Schumann) 2178 1304 Orchestrola Elektra

 

Tartini, Telemann, Heinitz, Zürcher Kammerorchester, De Stoutz – Die Virtuose Viola Da Gamba

Label: Amadeo – AVRS 6388

Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo

Country: Austria

Genre: Classical

Concerto Für Viola Da Gamba U. Streichorchester D-Dur

Composed By – Giuseppe Tartini

B1 Suite Für Viola Da Gamba Concertante U. Streichorchester D-Dur

Composed By – Georg Philipp Telemann

Viola da Gamba – Eva Heinitz

Stereo Hi-Fi

1963-1965

Matrix / Runout (Side A Stamped): C-VSTX 538◻ CM

Matrix / Runout (Side B Stamped): C-VSTX 539◻ CM