Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf
Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf
Born	(1719-11-23)November 23, 1719 Leipzig
Died	January 28, 1794(1794-01-28) (aged 74) Leipzig
Nationality	German
Occupation(s)	Music publisher, typographer
Notable work	Breitkopf Fraktur

Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (Leipzig, 23 November 1719 – 28 January 1794, Leipzig) was a German music publisher and typographer.

Biography[edit]

Breitkopf was the son of the publisher Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, founder of the publishing house Breitkopf & Härtel. He was born in Leipzig and attended the University of Leipzig. His investigations in history and mathematics led him to a scientific study of printing, which resulted in a more artistic development of German text, and an improvement of musical notation (1754). He revolutionized the music score printing with movable types, and fonts designed as Breitkopf Fraktur.

References[edit]

• O. Hase (1876), "Breitkopf und Härtel", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 3, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 296–303
• Wolfgang Schmieder (1955), "Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 578–579
• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links[edit]

• Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf in the German National Library catalogue