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 Agricola, Johann Friedrich

 JOHANN FRIEDRICH AGRICOLA (1720-1774), German musician, was born at Dobitschen in Saxe-Altenburg, on the 4^th of January 1720.  While a student of law at Leipzig he studied music under Johann Sebastian Bach.  In 1741 he went to Berlin, where he studied musical composition.  He was soon generally recognized as one of the most skilful organists of his time; and in 1751, as the result of a comic opera, Il Filosofo convinto in amore, performed at Potsdam, he was made court composer to Frederick the Great.  He died in Berlin on the 1^st of December 1774.  In 1759, on the death of Karl Heinrich Graun, he was appointed conductor of the royal orchestra.  Besides several operas of merit, he composed instrumental pieces and church music.  His reputation chiefly rests, however, on his theoretical and critical writings on musical subjects.  He wrote under the pseudonym of Flavio Anicio Olibrio.

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