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Maestro di cappella di Federico II re di Prussia, nacque nel 1704 a Wahrenbruck in Sassonia dove suo padre, August Graun, occupava il posto di esattore. Era il cadetto di tre fratelli, tutti e tre musicisti.
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.
Musicista, nato nel 1703 o 1704 a Wahrenbrück in Sassonia, morto nel 1759 a Berlino. Anche i suoi due fratelli August Friedrich e Johann Gottlob si distinsero nel campo musicale. C.H. fu allievo della Kreuzschule di Dresda dal 1714 al 1720.
As Dedicatee (1) Compositions by: Graun, Karl Heinrich. The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total.
Carl Heinrich Graun was a German composer of operas and sacred music, known especially for his Passion oratorio Der Tod Jesu. Graun was a chorister in Dresden, where as a youth he composed several cantatas for church services and worked under the Neapolitan-opera composer Antonio Lotti.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Graun: Karl Heinrich G., geb. 1701 zu Wahrenbrück im jetzigen preuß. Regierungsbezirk Merseburg, war der Sohn des Acciseneinnehmers August G. und der jüngste unter 3 Brüdern, von denen der älteste August Friedrich G. 1772 als Dom- und Stadtcantor in Merseburg starb.
The composer Carl Heinrich Graun, one of the leading lights of German opera in the 18 th 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.
