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German composer Johann Mattheson (1681-1764), a child prodigy who sang in the Hamburg Opera was also a virtuoso organist, personal friend of Handel, and theorist. He wrote secular and sacred works for instrument and voice.

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Mattheson, Johann Biography from Timothy Smith's Sojourn pages with internal links to related people and topics. jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/mattheson.html

Johann Mattheson Biography tracing his musical and political careers with information on related people and his historical period from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program. www.hoasm.org/XID/Mattheson.html

Johann Mattheson Article detailing his life, especially his rationalist theories and resistance to them by the north German musical establishment. www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/Mattheson.htm

Johann Mattheson Brief biography, quote, chronology of life and major works, and portrait from Humanities Web. www.humanitiesweb.org/perl/human.cgi?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=91

Johann Mattheson Wikipedia article with summary of life and works and internal links to related material. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Mattheson

Mattheson, Johann Biography noting political and musical careers, showing youthful virtuosity, sustained excellence, and works both sacred and secular from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5859

Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) Biographical sketch, reviews, links, recordings, books, and music editions from NewOlde.com. www.newolde.com/mattheson.htm

Johann Mattheson Listing at the Werner Icking Music Archive with sheet music in PDF format with PNG sample pages and MIDI audio for his Pieces de clavecin en Deux Volumes. Includes PDF biography. icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Mattheson.html

Johann Mattheson Karadar Dictionary entry with list of operas with premiere dates and venues, portrait, life, and links to related people. www.karadar.it/Operas/mattheson.html