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  • Leipzig, Germany
    Friday Jun 5, 1722
    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Kuhnau death

    Leipzig, Germany
    Friday Jun 5, 1722

    Johann Kuhnau had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig from 1701 until his death on 5 June 1722. Bach had visited Leipzig during Kuhnau's tenure: in 1714 he attended the service at the St. Thomas Church on the first Sunday of Advent, and in 1717 he had tested the organ of the Paulinerkirche. In 1716 Bach and Kuhnau had met on the occasion of the testing and inauguration of an organ in Halle.




  • Benátky
    Tuesday Jun 30, 1722

    Ji Antonn Benda Birth

    Benátky
    Tuesday Jun 30, 1722

    The composer and violinist Ji Antonn Benda was born in the Czech Republic in 1722.




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