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Philipp Spitta
German music historian and musicologist (1841–1894) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the German music historian. For the German Protestant theologian, see Friedrich Spitta. For the German Protestant religious poet, see Philipp Spitta (poet).
Julius August Philipp Spitta (27 December 1841 – 13 April 1894) was a German music historian and musicologist best known for his 1873 biography of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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