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Andreas Werckmeister
German organist, music theorist, and composer · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1645 to 1706 · aged 60
Andreas Werckmeister was a German organist, music theorist, and composer of the Baroque era. He was responsible for a temperament that resulted in all tonalities sounding acceptable on the keyboard.
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This important step toward equal temperament was highly influential to the harmonic basis underlying much of subsequent Western music.
Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1645 to 1706 · aged 60
