Johann Nikolaus Forkel

biographer of

Johann Sebastian Bach

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He [Johann Nikolaus Forkel] was born at Meeder in Coburg in the Holy Roman Empire on 22 February 1749.

death

He [Johann Nikolaus Forkel] died at Göttingen.

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Introduction: A Musico-Logical Offering

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And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? Mark 2:18 KJV

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During the 1740s, King Frederick the Great of Prussia became acquainted with Silbermann’s pianos and bought a number of them (the early-19th-century musicologist Johann Nikolaus Forkel claims this number was 15, though Stewart Pollens believes this to be “certainly exaggerated”).

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Johann Nikolaus Forkel (Wikipedia) Johann Nikolaus Forkel (22 February 1749 – 20 March 1818) was a German musicologist and music theorist, generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology. His publications include Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work, the first substantial survey on the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach.