Martin Agricola


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Born: 6 January 1486 — Schwiebus — Germany
Died: 10 June 1556 — Magdeburg — Germany
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He contributed 3 pieces to the “Newe deudsche geistliche Gesenge” (1554).

Life

Martin Agricola was not only composer but also a music theorist. The most important treatise he wrote was a work on musical instruments: “Musica instrumentalis deaudsch” (1528). This work was based on Virdung’s “Musica getutsch” form 1511, but in verse.

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