Cor Kint
Cor Kint, born Cornelis Kint, was a Dutch composer, music teacher and violist. He was born in Enkhuizen on 9 January 1890 and died in Hilversum on 8 July 1944. From 1906 to 1940 he lived in Amsterdam, where he studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory in the tradition of Felix Togni.
From 1909 to 1915, Kint played viola in the Concertgebouw Orchestra. He helped found the Concertgebouw Quartet in 1910 and was a member of its successor, the Dutch String Quartet, from 1911 to 1922, alongside Herman Leijdensdorff, Bram Mendes and Thomas Canivez. From 1923 until his death, he taught violin, viola and viola d'amore at the Amsterdam Conservatory; his pupils included Gerard Boedijn. He also performed as a soloist, particularly in later years on the “Liebesgeige”, and was involved with the newly founded KRO Symphony Orchestra and the later merged orchestras of the Dutch Radio Union, the Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra.
Kint appeared as soloist in four concerts with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, playing works by Hans Sitt, Jenő Hubay and himself. These included Sitt's Concert Piece, Op. 46, conducted by Cornelis Dopper; Hubay's Viola Concerto, conducted by Evert Cornelis; and Kint's own Concert Piece, Op. 5, conducted by Dopper. His Concert Piece, Op. 5 was the only one of his works performed by that orchestra.
After 1930, Kint edited dozens of eighteenth-century compositions for viola d'amore for Paul Günther in Leipzig. By the late 1930s he had become an internationally recognized authority on the instrument. He also arranged older music for modern performance on it.
His compositions include two string quartets, a wind quintet, violin works including educational pieces, eight organ works, songs, a musical play, orchestral works, concert pieces for viola and viola d'amore, and the Hymn for violin and orchestra. His organ works include the Grande Sonata, the Fugue on B-A-C-H, the Fantasy on “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”, and Prélude pastoral; he also wrote Quatre Pièces en Suite for harmonium. He performed his viola Concert Piece with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1913. Less than half of his music was published during his lifetime, although his Fantasy on “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and Prélude pastoral remained in the repertoire. Boeijenga of Veenhuizen later published previously unpublished organ works and duos for violin and organ or harmonium, and issued revised editions of his organ and harmonium music. One of his final works was a Christmas cantata performed in December 1943.
Kint was the son of office clerk Pieter Kint and Magdalena Roosendaal. In 1921 he married Jansje Couperus, the sister of baritone Otto Couperus. He was buried at Zorgvlied Cemetery, where his Prelude pastoral, Op. 33, and Marche funèbre, Op. 30, were performed at his funeral.