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| − | Fictional composer from the satirical novel ''[ | + | [[File:Caraffa_Pietro_Der_musicalische_Quack_Salber_PMLP167134-Kuhnau_0004.jpg|right|thumb]] |
| + | Fictional composer from the satirical novel ''[https://archive.org/details/imslp-musicalische-quack-salber-kuhnau-johann Der musicalische Quack-Salber]'' (''The Musical Quack)'' by Johann Kuhnau, 1700. | ||
| − | He is a complete fraud, a German copyist trying to pass himself off as an Italian genius. | + | He is a complete fraud, a German copyist with zero ability, trying to pass himself off as an Italian genius. Caraffa is not his real name. |
| − | ==External | + | ==External links== |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://archive.org/details/imslp-musicalische-quack-salber-kuhnau-johann Novel on Archive.org] |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://books.google.com/books?id=bqnJOoH2Fb0C&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false 1997 English translation on GoogleBooks] |
| − | *[ | + | * [https://archive.org/stream/musicaltourthrou00roll#page/n11/mode/2up Essay: "A humorous novel by an eighteenth-century musician"] |
| − | + | [[Category:1700|Caraffa]] | |
| − | [[Category:Fictional composers]] | + | [[Category:Fictional composers|Caraffa]] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Novels|Caraffa]] |
Latest revision as of 06:58, 30 March 2025
Fictional composer from the satirical novel Der musicalische Quack-Salber (The Musical Quack) by Johann Kuhnau, 1700.
He is a complete fraud, a German copyist with zero ability, trying to pass himself off as an Italian genius. Caraffa is not his real name.
