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WALTER (Walther) Johann Gottfried (18 IX 1684, Erfurt - 23 III 1748, Weimar) - German. musestheorist, lexicographer and composer. He studied under J. A. Kretschmar and I. B. Bach in Erfurt, where from 1702 he worked as an organist at Tomaskirche. With 1707 mountains. organist in Weimar and Elector's music teacher for children. Since 1721, a court musician. He was close to I.S. Bach (was related to him). Following in his writings his aesthetic. principles, has become a recognized master of counterpoint. V. - one of the largest contemporary composers I.S. Bach. Its choral variations for the organ are especially known. V.'s organ works are published in the Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst series, vols. 26-27 (with biographical essay). He was the author of the first dumb. enznklopedich. musesdictionary, including biographical and terminological. article, which formed the basis of many. subsequent editions of muses. dictionaries.