Johann Philipp Kirnberger

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

born on 24/4/1721 in Saalfeld, Thüringen, Germany

died in July 1783 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Johann Kirnberger

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Johann Philipp Kirnberger (also Kernberg; 24 April 1721, Saalfeld 27 July 1783, Berlin) was a musician, composer (primarily of fugues), and music theorist. Possibly, though not verified, he was a pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, visiting Leipzig in 1741. He became a violinist at the court of Frederick II of Prussia in 1751. He was the music director to the Prussian Princess Anna Amalia from 1758 until his death. Kirnberger greatly admired J.S. Bach, and sought to secure the publication of all of Bach's chorale settings, which finally appeared after Kirnberger's death; see Kirnberger chorale preludes (BWV 690713). Many of Bach's manuscripts have been preserved in Kirnberger's library (the "Kirnberger collection").

He is known today primarily for his theoretical work Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik (The Art of Strict Composition in Music, 1774, 1779). The well-tempered tuning systems known as "Kirnberger II" and "Kirnberger III" are associated with his name (see Kirnberger temperament), as is a rational version of equal temperament (see schisma).

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