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
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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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg name Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg