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Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (21 November 1718 – 22 May 1795) was a German music critic, music theorist, and composer.
Theoretically Speaking
The scope and unprecedented clarity of Marpurg's writings on music made him the leading German music theorist of the late eighteenth century. – Wikipedia
Marpurg, as critic and theorist,
Is sometimes considered the clearest
By those who avail
Of a relative scale
From easy-to-read to severest.
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