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Gottfried van Swieten
(29 October 1733 — 29 March 1803)
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Name in Other Languages: Gottfried Van Swieten, 戈特弗雷德·範·斯維頓男爵, 戈特弗雷德·范·斯維頓男爵, ゴットフリート・ヴァン・スヴィーテン, גוטפריד ואן סוויטן, 戈特弗里德·范·斯维滕, 史威登, جوتفريد ڤان سويتين, Готфрид ван Свитен, Gottfried Bernhard van Swieten, گاتفریت فان سویتن, Γκότφριντ βαν Σβίτεν
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Aliases: Baron van Swieten, Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten, Swieten, Gottfried van, 戈特弗里德·範·斯維滕, ゴットフリート・ファン・スウィーテン, ゴットフリート・ファン・スヴィーテン, ゴットフリート・ヴァン・スウィーテン, Gottfried von Sweeten, Gottfried baron van Swieten
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Authorities - WorldCat, Wikipedia, VIAF: 10035684, LCCN: n81018892, ISNI: 0000000120955814, GND: 118620185, SELIBR: 318441, SUDOC: 124687091, BNF: 13925239b, BIBSYS: 4012563, MusicBrainz: 1ea4c4f5-8ff7-44f4-8d66-9a64d7f9e417, NLA: 35489610, NKC: jn20040426002, ICCU: FERV071420, BNE: XX1132137, CiNii: DA05792766, IATH: w6ns2w6v
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He was a cosmopolitan diplomat, who served as Austrian ambassador to Berlin from 1770 to 1777. He joined Princess
Anna Amalie von Preußen's music circle and learned about J.S. Bach. Back in Vienna in the early 1780s, he introduced Mozart to the works of J.S.Bach. According to
Alfred Einstein "For Mozart the encounter with [Bach's works] resulted in a revolution and a crisis in his creative activity."
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