Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (died 1722)

Johann Kuhnau

German composer and polymath (1660–1722)

Johann Kuhnau was a German polymath, known primarily as a composer today. He was also active as a novelist, translator, lawyer, and music theorist, and was able to combine these activities with his duties in his official post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, which he occupied for 21…