 friedrich melchior, baron von grimm (26 december 1723 â 19 december 1807) was a german-born french-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the encyclopÃ©die ou dictionnaire raisonnÃ© des sciences, des arts et des mÃ©tiers.frank a. kafker: notices sur les auteurs des dix-sept volumes de Â« discours Â» de l'encyclopÃ©die. recherches sur diderot et sur l'encyclopÃ©die. 1989, volume 7, numÃ©ro 7, p.&nbsp;142 in 1765 grimm wrote poÃ¨me lyrique, an influential article for the encyclopÃ©die on lyric and opera librettos.larousse dictionnaire de la musique music and the origins of language: theories from the french enlightenment by downing a. thomas, p. 148. lully studies by john hajdu heyer, p. 248a history of western musical aesthetics by edward a. lippman, p. 171king's college london, seminar 1. music: universal, national, nationalistic like christoph willibald gluck grimm became interested in opera reform. according to martin fontius, a german literary theorist, "sooner or later a book entitled the aestatic ideas of grimm will have to be written.wolfgang amadÃ© mozart by georg knepler, p. 43. ==early years== grimm was born at regensburg, the son of a pastor. he studied at the university of leipzig, where he came under the influence of johann christian gottsched and of johann august ernesti, to whom he was largely indebted for his critical appreciation of classical literature. when nineteen he produced a tragedy, banise, which met with some success. after two years of study literature and philosophy he returned to home town, where he was attached to the household of count schÃ¶nborn
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