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| Kuhnau, Johann |
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(y ´hän k ´nou) (KEY) , 16601722, German composer and performer. Kuhnau was J. S. Bachs predecessor as organist and cantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. He wrote various treatises on music and composed the first harpsichord sonatas. |
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