Friedebald Gräfe
Friedebald Gräfe (born May 22, 1840 in Gotha ; † June 22, 1880 in Coburg , also Grefe ) was a German musician and composer .
Life
Friedebald Gräfe came from a family of musicians and received his first music lessons on the violin, cello and trombone from his father Johann Gottfried Gräfe, who was a military musician in the music corps of the Herzoglich Saxon Line Infantry Regiment. At the age of 15 Friedebald was called up for military service and was a trombonist in the music corps of the Coburg-Gotha Infantry Regiment for six years. After his release in 1862 he was a violinist in the spa orchestra of Bad Nauheim during the spa season. Whether he worked as an assistant in the theater orchestra in Gotha in the winter season remains to be explored. On September 1, 1872, he was employed as a violinist in the Grand Ducal Court Orchestra in Coburg, as can be seen from the files of the Coburg State Archives.
Gräfe composed the Concerto marciale (concerto for trombone and orchestra). His Morgengruss (a daily reveille for military music) has also been preserved, the notes are in the Coburg State Library (Nec Cc II 46). Presumably he is also the composer of the military march with flying flags , which was assigned to the Royal Bavarian 23rd Infantry Regiment "King Ferdinand of the Bulgarians" in Landau as a parade march , as reported by the Bavarian State Archives, Department IV, Munich.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedebald Gräfe in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- https://liberlocorumcommunium.blogspot.com/2009/05/friedebald-grafe-1840-1880-grafe.html (14 May 2009). References Schnebel, Hanns-Helmut. "Even military musicians suffered from hunger: Friedebald Gräfe (1840 to 1880) and his 'Konzert für Trosaune.'" Bayerische Blasmusik 55, no. 11 (2004): 4-6, and a translation of that into English: Schnebel, Hanns-Helmut . "'Even the military musicians went hungry: Friedebald Graefe (1840-1880) and his' Concerto for trombone.'" Trans. Steve Perisho. International Trombone journal 46, no.3 (July 2018): 32-33.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gräfe, Friedebald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grefe, Friedebald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1880 |
| Place of death | Coburg |