Johann Kuhnau

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Johann Kuhnau (6 April 1660 – 5 June 1722) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist.

Kuhnau was born in Geising. He preceded Johann Sebastian Bach as cantor of the Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church) in Leipzig. There Kuhnau taught Johann David Heinichen and Christoph Graupner, both of whom were to become composers. He remained there until his death.

In recent years, it has been suggested that Kuhnau may have written the "Christmas cantata" formerly attributed to Bach as BWV 142^{[citation needed]}. Since musicologists no longer believe Bach to have written BWV 142, it is now performed and recorded much less frequently than formerly.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Free scores by Johann Kuhnau in the International Music Score Library Project
• Free scores by Johann Kuhnau in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Free scores by Johann Kuhnau in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

Persondata
NAME	Kuhnau, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German composer, organist and harpsichordist
DATE OF BIRTH	6 April 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geising
DATE OF DEATH	5 June 1722
PLACE OF DEATH	Leipzig

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