Johann Adam Reincken
Germany, 1663–1722
German organist (1643-1722) who succeeded his teacher Scheidemann at the Katharinenkirche and held the post for nearly sixty years. His vast chorale fantasias drew the young Bach repeatedly to Hamburg on foot.
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Who influenced Johann Adam Reincken?
- Heinrich Scheidemann — Reincken studied with Scheidemann at the Katharinenkirche and succeeded him there, continuing the chorale-fantasia style he had been taught.
Which artists did Johann Adam Reincken influence?
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Bach walked from Luneburg to Hamburg to hear Reincken play; hearing him improvise decades later, the old organist said he had thought this art was dead but saw that it lived on in Bach.