Johann Adam Reincken

Johann Adam Reincken Reinken Reinkinck Reincke Reinicke Reinike Baptized 10 December? 1643 – 24 November 1722 Was A Dutch/German Organist And Composer. He Was One Of The Most Important German Composers Of The 17th Century A Friend Of Dieterich Buxtehude And A Major Influence On Johann Sebastian Bach However Very Few Works Of His Survive To This Day. Reincken Received Primary Music Education In Deventer In 1650–54 From Lucas Van Lennick Organist Of The Grotekerk Lebuinuskerk . In 1654 He Departed For Hamburg To Study Under Heinrich Scheidemann Organist Of St. Katharine's Church Katharinenkirche . In 1657 He Returned To Deventer And Became Organist Of Bergkerk On March 11 However After Only A Year He Left For Hamburg Again This Time To Become Scheidemann's Assistant. When The Older Composer Died In 1663 Reincken Succeeded Him At St. Katharine's. In 1665 He Married One Of Scheidemann's Daughters And Their Only Child Margaretha-Maria Was Born Three Years Later. read less