Johann Friedrich Graefe
Johann Friedrich Gräfe (* 1711 in Braunschweig (?) (Baptized May 7, 1711 in Wustermark Kreis Nauen ); † February 5 or 8, 1787 in Braunschweig ) was a civil servant and as a composer a dilettante , but is only known as such today .
He was the Post and Chamber Councilor of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . As an amateur composer, he was well recognized at the time. The attribution of his music is not always certain. His daughter married the writer Johann Arnold Ebert .
Stage works
- Hercules on the Oeta . In one act / composer by the music director Gräfe zu Hannover. Text by Johann Benjamin Michaelis Michaelis. Singspiel in one act, 1782 (music also attributed to Anton Schweitzer and JA Schmittbauer).
Works (selection)
- Collection of various and exquisite odes for which the most famous masters of music have made their own melodies, obtained and edited by a lover of music and poetry. (1737, 1739, 1741, 1743) 4 parts in 1 volume, Hildesheim: Olms 2008 (documentation on the history of the German song 13). ISBN 978-3-487-13634-9
- Odes and shepherd poems set in the music and ed. by Johann Friedrich Graefe. Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1744.
- Sonnet to your Koenigl. The Highness of the Chur Princess of Saxony self-made, set to music and sung pastorel Il Trionfo della fedeltà: which at the same time introduces a new way of printing sheet music, the music is from Mr. Graefen. Facsimile printing of the Leipzig edition 1755, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1919.
- Fifty psalms, spiritual odes and songs / brought to private and public devotion in melodies with instruments, by Johann Friedrich Graefen. Braunschweig: Prince. Waysenhaus. Bookstore; Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1760.
literature
- Ludwig Ferdinand Spehr : Graefe, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 557.
- Horst Heussner: Counts, Johann Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 712 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Friedrich Gräfe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Friedrich Gräfe in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gräfe, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graefe, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 7, 1711 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1787 or February 8, 1787 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |