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Death Anniversary: Johann Adolph Scheibe — April 22, 1776
22 April 2027
He died in Copenhagen on 22 April 1776 after serving as Kapellmeister to King Christian VI of Denmark at Christiansborg Castle. Celebrated for his tragic cantatas, sinfonias, and theoretical writings, he championed the natural expressive idioms of the emerging classical style.
Dates verified on Imanuel Willheim, Johann Adolph Scheibe: German Music Critic and Theorist, University of Illinois, 1963; Grove Music Online, entry "Scheibe, Johann Adolph" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24784).
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