Previous posts for April 24th may be found here: Barbra Streisand (2019), Barbra Streisand (2020), Giovanni Battista Martini (2021), and John Williams (2023)
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Johann Philipp Kirnberger (24 April 1721 – 27 July 1783) was a musician, composer (primarily of fugues), and music theorist. He was a student of Bach.
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Kirnberger is known today primarily for his theoretical work Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik (The Art of Strict Composition in Music, 1774, 1779). -- Wikipedia
Kirnberger, the famous theorist,
Followed Bach at his severest,
Which is to say, that he was strict
At what he chose to interdict.
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