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Johann Nikolaus Forkel | |
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![]() Forkel in a 1813 engraving by Carl Traugott Riedel | |
Born | Johann Nikolaus Forkel 22 February 1749 |
Died | 20 March 1818 | (aged 69)
Johann Nikolaus Forkel (22 February 1749 – 20 March 1818) was a German musicologist and music theorist, generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology.[1] His publications include the two-volume Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik (General History of Music), among the first attempts at a history of Western music and the "ground-breaking music bibliography" Allgemeine Litteratur der Musik.[1][a] He also authored Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work, the first substantial survey on the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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