Kuhnau, Johann
(1660–1722)
JOHANN KUHNAUKUHNAU, JOHANNJOHANN KUHNAU [* 1660-† 1722] Though noted primarily as a composer and distinguished predecessor of Bach in Leipzig, Johann Kuhnau also wrote on music. His Musicalische Quack-Salber (1700) is a novel devoted to the exploits of the quack musician Caraffa, who exhibits many characteristics which must have irritated Kuhnau when he saw them among his living contemporaries. Along more traditional lines, Kuhnau created at least three treatises, only one of which, the…