Johann Gottlieb Graun

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Compositions for: Violin

#Arrangements for: Violin

#Parts for: Violin

Trio Sonata in B-flat major, GraunWV A:XV:16 Concerto for Recorder and Violin in C major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:96 Trio Sonata in F major, GraunWV AV:XV:2g Trio Sonata in B minor, GraunWV C:XV:92 Trio Sonata in E-flat major, GraunWV A:XV:8 Violin Sonata in C major, GraunWV C:XVII:57 Violin Sonata in A minor, GraunWV deest Trio Sonata in B-flat major, GraunWV C:XV:91 Violin Sonata in G major, GraunWV C:XVII:70 Violin Sonata in A major, GraunWV C:XVII:72 Trio Sonata in C minor, GraunWV Av:XV:19 Quartet in D major, GraunWV A:XIV:1 Violin Sonata in G minor, GraunWV C:XVII:71 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV C:XV:89 Violin Sonata in D minor, GraunWV C:XVII:61 Violin Sonata in D major, GraunWV C:XVII:59 Violin Sonata in A minor, GraunWV C:XVII:73 Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV A:XV:6 Concerto in G minor, GraunWV C:XIII:9 Trio Sonata in E major, GraunWV Av:XV:27 Trio Sonata in F major, GraunWV A:XV:9 Violin Sonata in C major, GraunWV C:XVII:58 Violin Sonata in G major, GraunWV Av:XVII:35 Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV Av:XV:23 Violin Sonata in G minor, GraunWV A:XVII:39 Violin Sonata in D major, GraunWV C:XVII:60 Concerto for 2 Violins in D major, GraunWV C:XIII:74 Violin Sonata in G major, GraunWV C:XVII:68 Violin Concerto in A minor, GraunWV Cv:XIII:155 Violin Sonata in D major, GraunWV A:XVII:2 Violin Sonata in D minor, GraunWV C:XVII:62 Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV C:XV:80 Violin Sonata in F minor, GraunWV C:XVII:66 Violin Concerto in D minor, GraunWV C:XIII:75 Violin Sonata in D minor, GraunWV C:XVII:63 Concerto in C major, GraunWV C:XIII:62 Violin Concerto in C minor, GraunWV C:XIII:68 Concerto for 2 Violins in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:84 Violin Sonata in G major, GraunWV C:XVII:69 Violin Sonata in D minor Concerto for 2 Violins in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:87 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV A:XIII:15 Violin Concerto in G minor, GraunWV C:XIII:89 Violin Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:91 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV Cv:XV:118 Violin Sonata in A major, GraunWV A:XVII:8 Violin Concerto in D major, GraunWV C:XIII:71 Violin Concerto in C major, GraunWV Av:XIII:16 Violin Concerto in E-flat major, GraunWV C:XIII:76 Violin Sonata in E-flat major, GraunWV C:XVII:64 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:158 Violin Concerto in C minor, GraunWV Cv:XIII:98 Violin Sonata in E-flat major, GraunWV C:XVII:65 Violin Concerto in E major, GraunWV A:XIII:5 Violin Concerto in D major, GraunWV C:XIII:70 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:82 Violin Concerto in C major, GraunWV C:XIII:65 Violin Concerto in C major, GraunWV C:XIII:61 Quartetto in G minor, GraunWV Av:XIV:10 Violin Concerto in C major, GraunWV C:XIII:60 Violin Concerto in C major, GraunWV C:XIII:64 Violin Concerto in D major, GraunWV C:XIII:73 Violin Concerto in F major, GraunWV C:XIII:79 Sonata for Violin or Viola Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV Av:XV:42 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:83 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:86 Violin Concerto in E major, GraunWV C:XIII:77 Violin Concerto in F major, GraunWV C:XIII:80 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:88 Trio Sonata in B minor, GraunWV Av:XV:50 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV C:XIII:93 Violin Concerto in E major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:117 Violin Concerto in E major, GraunWV C:XIII:78 Quartet in G major, GraunWV Av:XIV:9 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:157 Violin Sonata in A major, GraunWV A:XVII:9 Trio Sonata in C minor, GraunWV C:XV:79 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV Av:XV:33 Trio Sonata in B-flat major, GraunWV Av:XV:45 Violin Concerto in E major, GraunWV D:XIII:169 Violin Concerto in A minor, GraunWV A:XIII:13 Trio Sonata in B-flat major, GraunWV Av:XV:46 Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV Av:XV:39 Concerto for 2 Violins in F major, GraunWV Av:XIII:31 Violin Concerto in C minor, GraunWV Av:XIII:18 Concerto for Violin and Viola da Gamba in C minor, GraunWV A:XIII:3 Quintetto in A minor, GraunWV Av:XIV:14 Sinfonia in B-flat major, GraunWV A:XII:30 Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV A:XV:13 Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV A:XV:14 Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV C:XV:90 Trio Sonata in B-flat major, GraunWV Av:XV:47 Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV A:XV:5 Trio Sonata in D major, GraunWV Cv:XV:100 Trio Sonata in F major, GraunWV C:XV:84 Trio Sonata in F major, GraunWV C:XV:85 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV Av:XV:34 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV A:XV:12 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV Cv:XV:121 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV C:XV:87 Violin Concerto in A major, GraunWV A:XIII:10 Violin Concerto in A major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:149 Violin Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:147 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:156 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV C:XIII:94 Violin Concerto in D major, GraunWV C:XIII:69 Violin Concerto in E major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:119 Violin Concerto in E minor, GraunWV Cv:XIII:121 Violin Concerto in F major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:124 Violin Concerto in F major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:126 Violin Concerto in F major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:130 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:133 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:137 Violin Concerto in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:85 Trio Sonata in F major, GraunWV C:XV:83

Arrangements for: Violin

Trio Sonata in B minor, GraunWV C:XV:92 Trio Sonata in G major, GraunWV C:XV:89 Sonata for Viola da Gamba in C major, GraunWV A:XVII:1 Trio Sonata in A major, GraunWV Av:XV:42 Trio Sonata in F major, GraunWV A:XV:10 Trio Sonata in C minor, GraunWV C:XV:79 Viola da Gamba Concerto in G major, GraunWV Av:XIII:36

Parts for: Violin

Ouverture in A minor, GraunWV C:XI:16 Oboe Concerto in G minor, GraunWV Cv:XIII:144 Concerto in G minor, GraunWV C:XIII:9 Violin Concerto in A minor, GraunWV Cv:XIII:155 Oboe d'Amore Concerto in D major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:109 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV A:XIII:15 Violin Concerto in B-flat major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:158 Sinfonia in A major, GraunWV Cv:XII:87 Sinfonia in B-flat major, GraunWV A:XII:30

Johann Gottlieb Graun (27 October 1703 – 28 October 1771) was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist, born in Wahrenbrück. (His brother Carl Heinrich was a singer and also a composer, and is the better known of the two.)

Johann Gottlieb studied with J.G. Pisendel in Dresden and Giuseppe Tartini in Padua. Appointed Konzertmeister in Merseburg in 1726, he taught the violin to J.S. Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann. He joined the court of the Prussian crown prince (the future Frederick the Great) in 1732. Graun was later made Konzertmeister of the Berlin Opera in 1740. He composed over 50 songs and compositions.

Graun's compositions were highly respected, and continued to be performed after his death: "The concert-master, John Gottlib Graun, brother to the opera-composer, his admirers say, 'was one of the greatest performers on the violin of his time, and most assuredly, a composer of the first rank'," wrote Charles Burney. He was primarily known for his instrumental works, though he also wrote vocal music and operas. He wrote a large number of violin concertos, trio sonatas, and solo sonatas for violin with cembalo, as well as two string quartets —- among the earliest attempts in this genre. He also wrote many concertos for viola da gamba, which were very virtuosic, and were played by Ludwig Christian Hesse, considered the leading gambist of the time.

Despite the popularity of his works, Graun was not free from criticism. Burney noted that some critics complained that, "In his concertos and church music ... the length of each movement is more immoderate than Christian patience can endure."