Heinichen, Johann David
(1683–1729)
JOHANN DAVID HEINICHENHEINICHEN, JOHANN DAVIDJOHANN DAVID HEINICHEN [* 1683-† 1729] Learning to play continuo was, in the early eighteenth century, an essential step in mastering the art of composition. No one provided more thorough or better information on the topic than Johann David Heinichen, whose early Neu erfundene und gründliche Anweisung (1711) blossomed, after its author had spent several years in Venice and had interacted with GASPARINI and others, into the monumental General-Bass in…