Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm
(1718–1795)
FRIEDRICH WILHELM MARPURGMARPURG, FRIEDRICH WILHELMFRIEDRICH WILHELM MARPURG [* 1718-† 1795] RAMEAU's principal champion in the German lands was Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, whose vigorous activities as author of numerous treatises, editor of three journals, and translator of d'ALEMBERT's Élémens de musique, théorique et pratique, suivant les principes de M. Rameau make him a central figure of eighteenth-century theoretical thought. His legacy, which served as inspiration for KOCH, SECHTER, and…