Carl Heinrich Graun.

Carl Heinrich Graun (May 7, 1704 - August 8, 1759) was a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolf Hasse, he was considered to be one of the most important German composer of Italian opera by his contemporaries. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 486 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (590 × 728 pixel, file size: 92 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Carl Heinrich Graun, engraving by Möller and Wachsmann. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 486 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (590 × 728 pixel, file size: 92 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Carl Heinrich Graun, engraving by Möller and Wachsmann. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice. ... Johann Adolph Hasse. ... The New Opera in Oslo, Norway The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...

Biography

Graun was born in Wahrenbrück in Brandenburg. He sang in the chorus of the Dresden opera before moving to Braunschweig, singing there and writing six operas for the company. He was kapellmeister to Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) from his ascension to the throne in 1740 until Graun's death nineteen years later in Berlin.   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ... Map of Germany showing Braunschweig Braunschweig [ˈbraunʃvaik] (English & French: Brunswick) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... A Kapellmeister is nowadays the director or conductor of an orchestra or choir. ... Frederick II (German: ; January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was a King of Prussia (1740–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...

Graun wrote a number of operas. His opera Cleopatra e Cesare inaugurated the opening of the Berlin opera house in 1742. Others, such as Montezuma (1755), with a libretto by King Frederick. None of his pieces are often performed today, though his passion Der Tod Jesu (The Death of Jesus, 1755) was frequently given in Germany for many years after his death. His other works include concertos and trio sonatas. // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. ... The trio sonata is a musical form which was particularly popular around the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. ...

Carl Heinrich Graun was the brother of Johann Gottlieb Graun, also a composer. Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

John W. Grubbs has written an exhaustive biography and thematic catalog,The sacred Choral Music of the Graun Brothers