Johann Christoph Kühnau
Johann Christoph Kühnau (born February 10, 1735 in Volkstedt , † October 13, 1805 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant church musician and composer .
Life
Kühnau, son of a farmer, came to a town musician in Aschersleben at a young age to learn music. From 1753 he attended the country school teacher seminar in the Berge monastery and in 1763 he came to Berlin, where he became a teacher at the secondary school. He switched to the Trinity School in 1783 and finally received the office of cantor at the Trinity Church in 1788 . There he formed a choir with which he often performed larger works and thus had a significant impact on the public musical life of Berlin.
Kühnau composed several oratorios and many cantatas.
The theologian and teacher Johann Christian Friedrich Kühnau was his son.
Works
- Old and new chorals
- Choral preludes for organ and piano
- The blind musicians
literature
- Carl von Ledebur : Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's from the oldest times to the present . Ludwig Rauh, Berlin 1861, p. 607 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10931847-2 ( full text in the Google book search).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Johann Christoph Kühnau in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kühnau, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Volkstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1805 |
| Place of death | Berlin |