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Carl Heinrich Graun

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Allegro for Viola and KeyboardDer Tod Jesu, GraunWV B:VII:2Flute Sonata in D major, GraunWV B:XVII:54Montezuma, GraunWV B:I:296 Trio Sonatas, Op.1Flute Sonata in C major, GraunWV Av:XVII:10Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV B:XV:62Cello Sonata in C major, B:XVII:53Te Deum, GraunWV B:VI:2Preussischer MarschCesare e CleopatraOboe Concerto in F major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:128Trio Sonata in C major, GraunWV B:XV:53Armida, GraunWV B:I:23Concerto Grosso in G major, GraunWV Bv:XIII:55Gigue in B-flat minorDie AuferstehungBritannico, GraunWV B:I:24L'Orfeo, GraunWV B:I:25Trio Sonata in D major, Lund 8Adriano in Siria, GraunWV B:I:12Concerto for Oboe d'amore, GraunWV D:XIII:179The Battle of Rosbach17 Cantatas, D-B Am.B 222Angelica e Medoro, GraunWV B:I:19In den Wunden Jesu sterbenTrio Sonata in F major, GraunWV B:XV:59Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld, GraunWV B:VII:4Rodelinda regina de' Longobardi, GraunWV B:I:6Fetonte, GraunWV B:I:21Phyllis an DamonLe feste galanti, GraunWV B:I:15Demofoonte, GraunWV B:I:13Silla, GraunWV B:I:27Lavinia a Turno, GraunWV B:III:23Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV B:XV:53Merope, GraunWV B:I:32Coriolano, GraunWV B:I:20Flute Sonata in D major, GraunWV Cv:XVII:75Ifigenia in Aulide, GraunWV B:I:18Artaserse, GraunWV B:I:8Alessandro e Poro, GraunWV B:I:10Semiramide, GraunWV B:I:28Ezio, GraunWV B:I:30Cinna, GraunWV B:I:16Catone in Utica, GraunWV B:I:9Mitridate, GraunWV B:I:22Cajo Fabricio, GraunWV B:I:14Lucio Papirio, GraunWV B:I:11Il giudizio di Paride, GraunWV B:I:26Scipio Africanus, GraunWV B:I:4Ahi qual crucio, GraunWV B:III:13Agitata alma mia, GraunWV B:III:12Apollo amante di Dafne, GraunWV C:III:67Auserlesene Oden zum Singen beym ClavierIl trionfo della gloria, GraunWV B:III:28Kommt her und schaut, GraunWV B:VII:5Horn Concerto in D major, Lund 16Trio Sonata in D major, Lund 7Occhi stelle lucenti, GraunWV C:III:68Alme voi che provaste, GraunWV B:III:14Non te lo dissi già superba ritrosetta, GraunWV B:III:35Pesan troppo sul'alma Nice, GraunWV B:III:41L'amor onesta, GraunWV B:III:44Trio Sonata in E major, GraunWV Cv:SV:106O fuggito amore anch'io, GraunWV B:III:61Hector e sua moglie, GraunWV B:III:51Scherza di fiore in fiore, GraunWV B:III:46Disperata Porcia, GraunWV B:III:29Troja già cadde incenerita, GraunWV B:III:50Non porto Febo mai, GraunWV B:III:34Fidi compagni a suon di tromba, GraunWV B:III:27Deh lasciate e vita e volo, GraunWV B:III:21Arresta al quanto a tue vittorie, GraunWV B:III:15Erheb ihn ewig o mein GeistSacra d'amore ombrose selva, GraunWV B:III:45Operatic Selections8 Trio SonatasHarpsichord Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV B:XIII:45Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, GraunWV Bv:XIII:50Trio Sonata in C major, GraunWV B:XV:52Trio Sonata in C major, GraunWV Cv:XV:93Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV B:XV:57Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV B:XV:58Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV Cv:XV:97Trio Sonata in E-flat major, GraunWV C:XV:82Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV B:XV:61Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV D:XV:150
Wikipedia
Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time.
Graun was born in Wahrenbrück in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. In 1714, he followed his brother, Johann Gottlieb Graun, to the school of the Kreuzkirche, Dresden, and sang in the Dresdner Kreuzchor and the chorus of the Dresden Opera. He studied singing with Christian Petzold and composition with Johann Christoph Schmidt. In 1724, Graun moved to Braunschweig, singing at the opera house and writing six operas for the company. In 1735, Graun moved to Rheinsberg in Brandenburg, after he had written the opera Lo specchio della fedeltà for the marriage of the then crown prince Frederick (the Great) and Elisabeth Christine in Schloss Salzdahlum in 1733. He was Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great from his ascension to the throne in 1740 until Graun's death nineteen years later in Berlin.
Graun wrote a number of operas. His opera Cesare e Cleopatra inaugurated the opening of the Berlin State Opera (Königliche Hofoper) in 1742. Montezuma (1755) was written to a libretto by King Frederick. His works are rarely played today, though his passion cantata Der Tod Jesu (The Death of Jesus, 1755) was frequently performed in Germany for many years after his death. His other works include concertos and trio sonatas. He was known for particularly good text-setting, probably due to his background as a vocalist.
He married twice and had a daughter, who became a singer, from his first marriage and four sons from his second. His great-great-great-great-grandson, Vladimir Nabokov, became an eminent 20th-century novelist.