Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was an 18th-century German music theorist, critic, and composer known for his influential writings on music theory and aesthetics.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg canonical 3

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instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music critic ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
areaOfInfluence German-speaking Europe ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Prussia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1718-11-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1795-05-22 ⓘ
describedBySource 18th-century musicological literature ⓘ
employer Prussian state ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Marpurg ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
music criticism ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
genre instrumental music ⓘ
music criticism ⓘ
music theory treatise ⓘ
givenName Friedrich Wilhelm ⓘ
hasOccupation theorist of counterpoint ⓘ
influenced later German music theorists ⓘ
influencedBy Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
name Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor contributions to the theory of the fugue ⓘ
critical essays on contemporary music ⓘ
influential writings on music theory ⓘ
notableWork Abhandlung von der Fuge ⓘ
Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse und der Composition ⓘ
Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music critic ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Seehausen (Altmark) ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Prussian state lottery ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Berlin ⓘ

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