Editing Johann Friedrich Agricola (section)

==Legacy==
Agricola wrote a number of Italian operas, as well as ''[[Lieder]],'' [[chorale]] preludes, various other keyboard pieces and church music, especially [[oratorio]]s and [[cantata]]s. His reputation chiefly rests, however, on his theoretical and critical writings on musical subjects.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

===Author===
In 1754 he co-authored, with [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], [[Bach's Nekrolog|J. S. Bach's obituary]]. His 1757 ''Anleitung zur Singekunst'' (''Introduction to the Art of Singing'') is a translation of [[Pier Francesco Tosi]]'s 1723 treatise ''Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni'' with Agricola's own extensive comments. He edited and added extensive commentary to the 1768 (posthumous) edition of [[Jakob Adlung]]'s ''[[Musica mechanica organoedi]]'' ([http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/6/ English translation]). His annotations are considered an important source of information on J. S. Bach's views on the [[fortepiano]] designs of [[Gottfried Silbermann]], on the [[lute-harpsichord]], and on organ building.<ref name="Jones1999">[[Richard D. P. Jones]], entry on Johann Friedrich Agricola, Oxford Composer Companion: J. S. Bach (ed. Malcolm Boyd), Oxford University Press, 1999, {{ISBN|0-19-866208-4}}</ref>

===Copyist===
Agricola is also noted in Bach studies as one of the copyists for both books of the [[Well-Tempered Clavier]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].<ref name="Jones1999" />

===Composer===
====Keyboard====
*Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen
*Jauchzet, ihr Erlösten dem Herren
*Harpsichord Sonata in F major

====Organ====
*Jesu, meine Freude
*Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
*Auf meinen lieben Gott
*Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
*Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
*Jauchzt, ihr Erlösten, dem Herren
*O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort
*Herr, ich habe mißgehandelt
*Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiß gar wohl
*Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
*Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen
*O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid
*Keinen hat Gott verlassen
*Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
*Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele
*Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt

====Chamber works====
*Flute Sonata in A major

====Vocal works====
*A la mignonne de fortune (song)
*L'accorto nocchiero (aria)
*Canzonetta, Les Rois d'Égypte
*6 Canzonettes
*Cleofide
* Torna aprile e l'aure scherzano (aria)

====Choral works====
*Die Hirten bei der Krippe, cantata for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
*Kündlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis, cantata for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
*Uns ist ein Kind geboren, cantata for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
* Die Hirten bey der Krippe zu Bethlehem, sacred cantata
* Der König jauchzt, sacred cantata
* Il tempio d'amore, serenata
* Magnificat in D major

====Opera====
*''[[Alessandro nell'Indie (Metastasio)|Alessandro nell'Indie]]'' (1754)
*''Achille in Sciro'', (1765)
* ''L'Ippocondriaco''