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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 ...
Johann Mattheson was a composer and scholar whose writings are an important source of information about 18th-century German music. Mattheson befriended George Frideric Handel while serving as a singer and conductor at the Hamburg Opera.
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Johann Mattheson (Pseudonym: Aristoxenos jun.; * 28. September 1681 in Hamburg; † 17. April 1764 ebenda) war ein deutscher Opernsänger (Tenor), Komponist, Musikschriftsteller und Mäzen.
Jun 20, 2017 · Johann Mattheson was a prolific composer up to the 1730s, especially of sacred music and opera. The bulk of his compositional output was vocal, including eight operas, and numerous oratorios and cantatas.
German composer Johann Mattheson was a prolific composer, singer, organist and more. Learn more about his life and compositions. We look at the career of Johann Mattheson.
German composer and music theorist Johann Mattheson was born in Hamburg on 28 September 1681 into a rich family, and as part of his education studied composition, keyboard instruments, violin and voice.
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Ger. composer, singer, harpsichordist, and theorist. Entered opera ch. 1690, singing tenor roles 1697–1705 during which time he wrote 5 operas and met Handel, with whom he fought a duel after an argument during a perf. of Mattheson's opera Cleopatra in 1704. Mus. dir. Hamburg Cath. 1715–28.