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1774Dec, 2

Johann Friedrich Agricola

Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
Johann Friedrich Agricola (4 January 1720 – 2 December 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Flavio Anicio Olibrio.

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