Johann David Heinichen
Compositions for: Tenor
Missa in D major, S.3Der Herr ist naheGelobet sei der Herr der Gott IsraelEs naheten aber zu Jesu allerlei Zöllner und SünderDer Segen des HerrnNisi Dominus, S.99Laß dich's nicht irrenMag auch ein Blinder den Weg weisenCantata al Sepolcro di nostro Signore, S.29Beatus vir, S.263 Lamentationes Jeremiae in Coena Domini, S.71-73Beati omnes in G minor, S.25Magnificat in B-flat major, S.95Ave maris stella, S.59Domine Jesu Christe in A minor, S.100Magnificat in A major, S.90Lauda Jerusalem, S.78Musica da tavola per il giorno del nome di Federico Augusto, S.267Missa in D major, S.10Te Deum, S.116Confitebor tibi Domine, S.33Regina caeli, S.101Haec dies quam fecit Dominus, S.56Laetatus sum, S.69Missa in F major, S.12Laudate Dominum, S.83Jesu redemptor omnium, S.60Te Deum, S.117Memento Domine David, S.97Veni creator spiritus, S.62Lauda Jerusalem, S.80In exitu Israel, S.65Flavio Crispo, S.120Magnificat in B-flat major, S.93Beatus vir, S.27Magnificat in F major, S.92In exitu Israel, S.64Credidi propter quod locutus sum, S.34Laudate pueri, S.81Confitebor tibi Domine, S.31Confitebor tibi Domine, S.32Litania pro Festo San Francesco Xaverii, S.85Domine probasti me, S.49Laetatus sum, S.70Beatus vir, S.28Pange lingua in D minor, S.61Litania pro Festo Corporis Domini, S.88Iste confessor in G minorDecora lux aeternitatis, S.57Crudelis Herodes Deum, S.62Laudate pueri, S.82Regina caeli, S.102Dixit Dominus, S.46Te Joseph celebrent, S.58Dixit Dominus in F major, S.45Laudate pueri, S.84In convertendo, S.63Dixit Dominus, S.47Dixit Dominus, S.48Quis ascendet in montem Domini, S.21Cantata al sepolcro di nostro signore, S.30Dixit Dominus, S.44La pace di Kamberga, S.19Litania pro Festo Corporis Domini, S.86Lobe den Herrn meine SeeleMagnificat in F major, S.91Missa in D major, S.2Missa in D major, S.4Missa in D major, S.5Missa in D major, S.7Missa in D major, S.9Missa in F major, S.13Missa in F major, S.14Oratorio todesco al sepolcro santo, S.20Requiem in E-flat major, S.18
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.
