Weber, (Jacob) Gottfried

(JACOB) GOTTFRIED WEBERWEBER, (JACOB) GOTTFRIED(JACOB) GOTTFRIED WEBER [* 1779-† 1839] After nearly a century of analytical thought dependent upon a fundamental bass (encompassing RAMEAU's basse fondamentale and the analytical endeavors of KIRNBERGER, SCHULZ, and KOLLMANN), the adoption of Roman numerals by VOGLER and wholehearted acceptance of that procedure by Gottfried Weber led the art of analysis in a new direction, one which found few opponents during the nineteenth century and which…