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24 part in the banishment of the obsolete theories (solmisation, ecclesiastical modes) and the definition of our modern system. On the other hand, he was the champion of German art and German spirit. From Lessing he derived his patriotism, his rough independence, his impetuosity, which seemed to possess a violence almost brutal. All his books cry "Fuori Barbari." One of his works was entitled The Musical Patriot (Der Musikalische Patriot, 1728).

In 1722 he founded the first German musical journal, Critica Musica, and all his life he waged