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)[1] 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".[2]

  1. ^ Ruth Tatlow; Ruth Mary Tatlow (21 February 1991). Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet. Cambridge University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-521-36191-0.
  2. ^ Welter, Kathryn Jane (1998). Johann Pachelbel: Organist, Teacher, Composer, A Critical Reexamination of His Life, Works, and Historical Significance (PhD). Cambridge: Harvard University. p. 6. OCLC 42665284.