What is Johann Kuhnau?
[[File:Johann Kuhnau.jpg|thumb|Johann Kuhnau]] '''Johann Kuhnau''' (6 April 1660 {{ndash}} 5 June 1722) was a German [[composer]]. He was the [[cantor (church)|cantor]] of the [[Thomaskirche]] before [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. == Life == Kuhnau was born in [[Geising]]. His family came from [[Bohemia]]. He studied in [[Dresden]] and [[Zittau]]. He went to the [[Leipzig University]] to study law. He became an [[organist]] at the Thomaskirche in 1684. He became the cantor of the Thomaskirche in 1701. However, he was often sick. He couldn't write a lot of music. So, the town council let [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] write music for the Thomaskirche. This was normally Kuhnau's job. Kuhnau was not happy because of this. He died in Leipzig.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Buelow |first1=George J. |title=Kuhnau [Kuhn, Cuno], Johann |date=2001 |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |edition=8th |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.15642 |language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhnau, Johann}} [[Category:1660 births]] [[Category:1722 deaths]] [[Category:17th-century German composers]] [[Category:Baroque composers]] [[Category:18th-century German composers]] {{bio-stub}}