Johann Adolf Scheibe
German composer
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association with Gerstenberg
- In Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg
…to music by Johann Adolph Scheibe and Johann Christian Bach and later adapted for a well-known duodrama by Jiří Antonín Benda.
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publication of “Der critische Musicus”
- In musical criticism: Historical development
…the Leipzig composer Johann Adolph Scheibe, who brought out his weekly Der critische Musicus between the years 1737 and 1740 and whose chief claim to notoriety was his scurrilous attack on Bach. Generally speaking, the criticism of the time was characterized by an obsessive interest in the rules of music,…
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