Johann David Heinichen
Compositions for: Tenor
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3 Lamentationes Jeremiae in Coena Domini, S.71-73A
Ave maris stella, S.59B
Beati omnes in G minor, S.25Beatus vir, S.26Beatus vir, S.27Beatus vir, S.28C
Cantata al Sepolcro di nostro Signore, S.29Cantata al sepolcro di nostro signore, S.30Confitebor tibi Domine, S.31Confitebor tibi Domine, S.32Confitebor tibi Domine, S.33Credidi propter quod locutus sum, S.34Crudelis Herodes Deum, S.62D
Decora lux aeternitatis, S.57Der Herr ist naheDer Segen des HerrnDixit Dominus in F major, S.45Dixit Dominus, S.44Dixit Dominus, S.46Dixit Dominus, S.47Dixit Dominus, S.48Domine Jesu Christe in A minor, S.100Domine probasti me, S.49E
Es naheten aber zu Jesu allerlei Zöllner und SünderF
Flavio Crispo, S.120G
Gelobet sei der Herr der Gott IsraelH
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus, S.56I
In convertendo, S.63In exitu Israel, S.64In exitu Israel, S.65Iste confessor in G minorJ
Jesu redemptor omnium, S.60L
La pace di Kamberga, S.19Laetatus sum, S.69Laetatus sum, S.70Laß dich's nicht irrenLauda Jerusalem, S.78Lauda Jerusalem, S.80Laudate Dominum, S.83Laudate pueri, S.81Laudate pueri, S.82Laudate pueri, S.84Litania pro Festo Corporis Domini, S.86Litania pro Festo Corporis Domini, S.88Litania pro Festo San Francesco Xaverii, S.85Lobe den Herrn meine SeeleM
Mag auch ein Blinder den Weg weisenMagnificat in A major, S.90Magnificat in B-flat major, S.93Magnificat in B-flat major, S.95Magnificat in F major, S.91Magnificat in F major, S.92Memento Domine David, S.97Missa in D major, S.10Missa in D major, S.2Missa in D major, S.3Missa in D major, S.4Missa in D major, S.5Missa in D major, S.7Missa in D major, S.9Missa in F major, S.12Missa in F major, S.13Missa in F major, S.14Musica da tavola per il giorno del nome di Federico Augusto, S.267N
Nisi Dominus, S.99O
Oratorio todesco al sepolcro santo, S.20P
Pange lingua in D minor, S.61Q
Quis ascendet in montem Domini, S.21R
Regina caeli, S.101Regina caeli, S.102Requiem in E-flat major, S.18T
Te Deum, S.116Te Deum, S.117Te Joseph celebrent, S.58V
Veni creator spiritus, S.62
WikipediaJohann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little attention for many years.
Johann David Heinichen was born in the small village of Krössuln (currently part of the town Teuchern, in Saxony-Anhalt) 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 Krössuln. Johann David also attended the 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 1705–1706 qualified as a lawyer (in the early 18th century the law was a favored route for composers; Kuhnau, Graupner and
Georg Philipp 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, with great success with two operas, Mario and Le passioni per troppo amore (1713). Mario was staged again in Hamburg in 1716 with the German title, Calpurnia, oder die romische Grossmut.
In 1712, he taught music to Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, who took him as composer. The same prince would appoint
Johann Sebastian Bach Kapellmeister at the end of 1717. In 1716, Heinichen met in Venice Prince Augustus III of Poland, son of King Augustus II the Strong, and thanks to him was appointed the Royal-Polish and Electoral-Saxon Kapellmeister in Dresden. His pupils included
Johann Georg Pisendel. In 1721, Heinichen married in Weissenfels; the birth of his only child is recorded as January 1723. In his final years, Heinichen's health suffered greatly; on the afternoon of 16 July 1729, he was buried in the Johannes cemetery after finally succumbing to tuberculosis.
His music began to be better known after 1992 when Musica Antiqua Köln under Reinhard Goebel recorded a selection of Dresden Concerti (Seibel 204, 208, 211, 213–215, 217, 226, 231–235, 240), followed by a recording of Heinichen's Lamentationes and Passionsmusik (1996). His sole opera for Dresden, Flavio Crispo (1720), was never performed and was not recorded until 2018.
