Artist Info: Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718–1795) was a German Enlightenment-era music writer, theorist, and composer whose sharp-edged criticism and prolific publishing helped define mid-18th-century musical debate in Berlin. Born in the Altmark and active mainly in Berlin after 1749, he moved between intellectual circles and public administration, later serving as director of the royal lottery and as a Prussian Kriegsrat.

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