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Johann David Heinichen
12+ albums
baroqueClassicalgerman18th centurygermany
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Johann David Heinichen (April 17, 1683 - July 16, 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden. Although Heinichen's music is original, rhythmically exuberant and imaginative, it was inexplicably little known for a long time. Johann David Heinichen was born in the small village of Crössuln, near Weissenfels. His father Michael Heinichen had studied music at the celebrated Thomasschule Leipzig associated with the Thomaskirche, served as cantor in Pegau and was pastor of the village church in Crössuln. Johann David also attended Thomasschule Leipzig. There he studied music with Johann Schelle and later received organ and harpsichord lessons with Johann Kuhnau. The future-composer Christoph Graupner was also a student of Kuhnau at the time. Heinichen enrolled in 1702 to study law at the University of Leipzig and in 1705-6 qualified as a lawyer (in the early 18th century the law was a favored route for composers; Kuhnau, Graupner and Telemann were also lawyers). Heinichen practiced law in Weissenfels until 1709. However, Heinichen maintained his interest in music and was concurrently composing operas. In 1710, he published the first edition of his major treatise on the thoroughbass. He went to Italy and spent seven formative years there, mostly in Venice. In 1717, Heinichen became a colleague of Johann Sebastian Bach at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, then went on t
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Concerto In G Major S. 213: 5. Loure. Cantabile
1,0842III. Un poco Allegro
1,0003Concerto in G major, S. 213: V. Loure. Cantabile
9644Concerto in F major, Seibel 234: I. Vivace
8795Concerto in G Minor - Oboe, Strings & B.C., Seibel 237: Allegro (2)
8556Heinichen: Alma Redemptoris Mater, S. 22: I. "Alma Redemptoris Mater"
6767Heinichen: Alma Redemptoris Mater, S. 22: II. "Tu quae genuisti"
6738Concerto In F Major, Seibel 234: 3. Un poco Allegro
6559Heinichen: Alma Redemptoris Mater, S. 22: III. "Gabrielis ab ore"
64610Concerto in G Major, S. 213: 5. Loure. Cantabile
469albums
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti
Galant Court Music
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Weihnachten in Leipzig
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti (2 CDs)
Heinichen: Concerti grandi
Heinichen: Concertos & Sonatas
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Heinichen: Lamentationes / Passionsmusik
Dresden Vespers
Oboe Recital: Bosch, Michael - Pisendel, J.G. / Fasch, J.F. / Valentini, G. / Heinichen, J.D.
Baroque Trumpet Concertos - Fasch, J.F. / Zelenka, J.D. / Graun, J.G. / Telemann, G.P. / Vivaldi, A. / Pisendel, J.G. / Quantz, J.J.
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Fröhliche Weihnacht Überall
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Zelenka, J.: Te Deum / Heinichen, J.: Missa No. 9