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Barthold Feind

 
Music Encyclopedia: Barthold Feind

(b Hamburg, 1678; d there, 15 Oct 1721). German lawyer, poet and aesthetician. He was a leading librettist for the Hamburg Opera, writing texts for Keiser and Graupner. He insisted that opera must be a distinct and realistic genre, not simply spoken drama set to music.



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