Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns

Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns, also Nicholas and the High German form of the surname Braun, * February 11, 1637 in Lollfuß before Schleswig; † March 13, 1718 in Hamburg) was a composer of the Baroque.

Friedrich Nicolaus came from a Schleswig-Holstein family of musicians, from the Nicolaus Bruhns also his nephew emerged. 1682 he was appointed as successor of Nicolaus Adam Strungk director of Hamburg Ratsmusik; From 1687, he worked as a minor canon cantor at the cathedral.

By Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns a Markus Passion and St. John Passion ( 1702 and 1706) have been handed down, the sooner Reinhard Keiser were attributed. Furthermore, eleven solo cantatas with continuo, and accompanied by two violins from the years 1706-1712 and 1715-1718 have been preserved.

1726 took over Johann Sebastian Bach 's St. Mark Passion ( 1702) for performance in Leipzig's St. Thomas Church on Good Friday and added to hymns to reflect for the Leipzig practice.