Johann Mattheson

Johann Mattheson
Mattheson, in a 1746 engraving by Johann Jacob Haid
Born(1681-09-28)28 September 1681
Hamburg
Died17 April 1764(1764-04-17) (aged 82)
Hamburg
Occupations
  • Composer
  • critic
  • lexicographer
  • theorist

Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically, "his biographical and theoretical works were widely disseminated and served as the source for all subsequent lexicographers and historians".

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