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Georg Andreas Sorge

1703 – 1778

German composer

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Lived 1703 – 1778 (aged 75). Georg Andreas Sorge was a German composer, musicologist, music theorist and organist.

Georg Andreas Sorge (21 March 1703 in Mellenbach, Thuringia – 4 April 1778) was an organist, composer, and, most notably, theorist. His references to Johann Sebastian Bach show that they were friends, and he composed three fugues for organ on the name BACH (BWV Anh. 107, 108 and 110). He joined Lorenz Christoph Mizler's Corresponding Society of Musical Sciences in 1747, just a month after Bach himself.

Sorge's writings on thorough-bass and harmony are very competent, and his theoretical grasp of unequal temperaments excelled even that of J. G. Neidhardt (though still taking comma as an indivisible unit of measure. He cited Bach as 'witness' that regular -comma meantone temperament was inadequate to 'modern' harmony, and he dismissed Johann Philipp Kirnberger's schemes of temperament as 'no good'.

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Who was Georg Andreas Sorge?

German composer

When was Georg Andreas Sorge born?

Georg Andreas Sorge was born on 21 March 1703 in Mellenbach-Glasbach.

When did Georg Andreas Sorge die?

Georg Andreas Sorge died on 4 April 1778 in Bad Lobenstein.

What was Georg Andreas Sorge's occupation?

Georg Andreas Sorge was a composer, musicologist, music theorist and organist.

What nationality was Georg Andreas Sorge?

Georg Andreas Sorge was German.

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· Wikipedia: Georg Andreas Sorge

· Wikidata: Q88592

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