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Friedrich Melchior Grimm, Baron , 1723-1807, German man of letters in France. He contributed to the Encyclopédie articles on music that were belligerently partial to Italian opera buffa. His Correspondance littéraire (1st complete ed. 1829-30) is an important source for the study of the Enlightenment .
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