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Mattheson, Johann
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Biography from Timothy Smith's Sojourn pages with internal links to related people and topics.
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Mattheson, Johann: Biography A composer at nine and soprano in the Hamburg opera at fifteen, Mattheson was known as a person of great talent and intellect. In 1703 he introduced Handel to the musical circles of Hamburg. That same year the two went...Biography tracing his musical and political careers with information on related people and his historical period from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Johann Mattheson He received a broad liberal arts education at the Johanneum, studying English, French, and Italian and receiving general music instruction from the cantor Joachim Gerstenbttel. At 6 he took private lessons in keyboard instruments and composition from J. N. Hanff...Article detailing his life, especially his rationalist theories and resistance to them by the north German musical establishment.
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Johann Mattheson Mattheson and the new rationalism Jack Botelho wrote (December 7, 2003 By the beginning of the 18th century, German opinion was becoming subject to the spirit of rationalism. Many devout Lutherans welcomed the fresh attitudes fostered by the philosophers. The...Brief biography, quote, chronology of life and major works, and portrait from Humanities Web.
http://www.humanitiesweb.org/perl/human.cgi?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=91
Wikipedia article with summary of life and works and internal links to related material.
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Johann Mattheson Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Handel was saved only by a large button which turned aside Mattheson's sword. The two were afterwards reconciled. Mattheson is mainly famous as a music theorist. He was the most thorough writer on performance practice, theatrical style, and harmony of...Biography noting political and musical careers, showing youthful virtuosity, sustained excellence, and works both sacred and secular from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=5859
Biographical sketch, reviews, links, recordings, books, and music editions from NewOlde.com.
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NewOlde.com Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) English translation is now available on the Boston Early Music Festival website in MS Word Doc format. The German/Italian text is right-aligned, making it difficult to read, but you can easily left-align the entire text with Edit Select All, then...Listing at the Werner Icking Music Archive with sheet music in PDF format with PNG sample pages and MIDI audio for his Pieces de clavecin en Deux Volumes. Includes PDF biography.
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Werner Icking Music Archive: Johann Mattheson Introduction and critical notes Suite Première pour le Clavecin Suite Seconde pour le Clavecin Suite Troisieme pour le Clavecin Suite Quattrieme pour le Clavecin Suite Cinquième pour le Clavecin Suite Sixième pour le Clavecin Suite Septième pour le Clavecin Suite...Karadar Dictionary entry with list of operas with premiere dates and venues, portrait, life, and links to related people.
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Johann Mattheson Operas Opera's Librettos Johann Mattheson (1681-1764 Mattheson |Composers Mp3 Home Page] The Operas of Johann Mattheson Operas: Title (date and place of first performance and libretto) Beatrix or Philippus Herzog von Mailand Opera by Gerd Bronner Heinrich Hinsch 1702 Hamburg Der...