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Agricola

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(1720-1774), court composer and director of the royal chapel to Frederick the Great. This Agricola was a pupil of Bach, and a fine organist and clever writer on music, especially on operatic style, the problems of which were beginning to be raised by French writers and composers in preparation for the work of Gluck.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Agricola'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/agricola.html. 1910.
 
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