Lorenz Christoph Mizler

First page of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Nekrolog" as published in Mizler's Musikalische Bibliothek, volume IV, part 1 (1754)

Lorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof (also known as Wawrzyniec Mitzler de Kolof and Mitzler de Koloff; 26 July 1711 – 8 May 1778) was a German physician, historian, printer, mathematician, Baroque music composer, and precursor of the Enlightenment in Poland.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mitzler de Kolof, Wawrzyniec," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN [PWN Universal Encyclopedia], volume 3, p. 144.[full citation needed]
  2. ^ "Mitzler de Kolof, Wawrzyniec," Encyklopedia Polski [Encyclopedia of Poland], p. 417.[full citation needed]