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August Kühnel

vl, 1645-1700 DE, Delmenhorst
Musician / Composer of Classical

August Kühnel (3 August 1645 – ca. 1700) was a German composer and accomplished viola da gamba performer. He was born at Delmenhorst.Kühnel was the son of the Mecklenburg chamber musician Samuel Kühnel. Already in 1661 (at age 16), after receiving education in Güstrow and France, he was appointed Violdigambist in the court orchestra of Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, a position he held until 1681. After the duke's death in 1682, Kühnel went to England to study. In 1686, he was appointed director of instrumental music at the Darmstadt court by Countess Elisabeth Dorothea von Sachsen-Coburg where he remained until 1688. After jobs in Weimar and Dresden, he found his last job in 1695 at the court of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

     
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Musica Instrumentalis (Sonaten Des Hochbarock)Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber / Dieterich Buxtehude / Johann Rosemuller / Johannes Schenck / August Kühnel - Alarius-Ensemble2008Album
Sonate Fur Viola Da Gamba Und Continuo Nr. 7 G-durAugust KühnelSingle
Deutsche Barock Kammermusik (IV)Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • August Kühnel • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber • Philipp Friedrich Buchner • Clamor Heinrich Abel • Ricercar Consort, François Fernandez, Philippe Pierlot, Jan Willem JansenAlbum
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