Johann Kuhnau belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Johann Kuhnau as German composer, organist and harpsichordist.
Johann Kuhnau was born at Geising in 1660. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Kreuzschule.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer, organist and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are organ.
Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
That the work came out of Germany shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Johann Kuhnau died in 1722, aged 62. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: organ
