Fux, Johann Joseph
(1660–1741)
JOHANN JOSEPH FUXFUX, JOHANN JOSEPHJOHANN JOSEPH FUX [* 1660-† 1741] The musical world of 1725 might have seemed an unlikely market for a counterpoint manual founded upon the modes and devoted, for the most part, to a style of music that, though it might have been resurrected during Lent, was regarded as archaic. Yet Johann Joseph Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum soon became and remains one of the most beloved documents in the history of music, and it influenced, either directly or indirectly…