Johann Mattheson
German composer, critic and lexicographer (1681–1764) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]