Johann Kirnberger
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Between 1741 and 1751 Kirnberger lived and worked in Poland for powerful magnates including Lubomirski, Poninski, and Rzewuski before ending up at the Benedictine Cloister in Lviv (then part of Poland). He spent much time collecting Polish national dances and compiled them in his treatise . Kirnberger played a significant role in the intellectual and cultural exchange between Germany and Poland in the mid-18th century.
Kirnberger became a violinist at the court of Frederick the Great in 1751. He was the music director to the Prussian Princess Anna Amalia from 1758 until his death.
Kirnberger greatly admired Johann Sebastian Bach, deeming him "the greatest of all composers". Kirnberger published Bach's ''Clavierübungen mit der bachischen Applicatur'' in the 1760s, and sought to secure the publication of all of Bach's chorale settings, which finally appeared after Kirnberger's death; see Kirnberger chorale preludes (BWV 690–713). Many of Bach's manuscripts have been preserved in Kirnberger's library (the "Kirnberger collection").
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). The well-tempered tuning systems known as "Kirnberger II" and "Kirnberger III" are associated with his name (see Kirnberger temperament), as is a rational version of equal temperament (see schisma). One of his most familiar compositions is ''Fuga in C-dur für Orgel'' ("Fanfare" Fugue), which was formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach and then to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Provided by Wikipedia
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61by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 1782
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62by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783Other Authors: “...Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783...”
Published 2004
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63by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 1776
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64by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 2009
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Published 2010
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66by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 1931
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67by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 1989
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68by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 1777
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69by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783Other Authors: “...Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783...”
Published 1969
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70by Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783
Published 1761
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