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

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