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Carl Heinrich Graun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The composer Carl Heinrich Graun, one of the leading lights of German opera in the 18th century, was one of three musical brothers. After singing and composing opera in Brunswick, he entered the service of Crown Prince Frederick who, after becoming King, appointed Graun Director of the Berlin Royal Opera.
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Carl Heinrich Graun, the more distinguished brother of Johann Gottlieb, served ten years as a court musician in Brunswick (beginning in 1725) whereafter he attached himself to the service of crown prince Frederick (later "the Great").
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Upon Frederick's ascent to the throne in 1740, Graun was sent to Italy to recruit singers for the Berlin Opera; from 1741 on he was the principal stage composer in Berlin, producing twenty-six operas. ... A Partial Carl Heinrich Graun Discography | XIB: At the Court of Frederick the Great | The Research Periods...
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Encyclopedia article about Graun, Carl Heinrich. Information about Graun, Carl Heinrich in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Graun, Carl Heinrich (kärl hīn`rĭkh groun), 1704–59, German composer, best known for his oratorio Der Tod Jesu (1755), for many years...
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Carl Heinrich Graun (May 7, 1704 - August 8, 1759) was a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolf Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian operas of his time and earned a prominent place in the Baroque School of Opera.
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As musical director to Frederick the Great, who wrote the libretto of Graun's Montezuma (1755), he was also director of the opera at Berlin, where his own Italianate operas and those of Johann Hasse dominated the stage.
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