Background
Schultz was born in Lüneburg and in 1605 took a job as organist at Saint John"s Church in Dannenberg in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Lower Saxony.
Schultz was born in Lüneburg and in 1605 took a job as organist at Saint John"s Church in Dannenberg in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Lower Saxony.
In his later works, he was—like his contemporaries Heinrich Schütz and Heinrich Albert—working new ground between older motet styles and newer song forms.