Wilhelm Cramer (conductor)
Johann Wilhelm Cramer , also William Cramer or Wilhelm Kramer (baptized June 2, 1746 in Mannheim ; † October 5, 1799 in London , England) was a German violinist and conductor .
Life
Wilhelm Cramer, son of Johann Jacob Cramer and Sybilla Catharina Gentes, was employed as a violinist by the electoral court orchestra. He was the most important performing artist of the Mannheim School and in 1772 he was solo violinist in the electoral court orchestra. At the instigation of Johann Christian Bach , he went to London with his family in 1773, where he conducted court concerts and, among other things, became conductor of the orchestra of the Italian opera. In addition, he conducted the Concerts of Antient Music , a series of concerts with works that were at least 20 years old, as well as the annual concerts of the "Musical Fund", later the "Royal Society of Musicians".
One son was the pianist Johann Baptist Cramer , another the composer Franz Cramer .
literature
- Anton Würz, Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst: Cramer, Wilhelm. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 5 (Covell - Dzurov). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1115-2 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- William Barclay Squire: Cramer, Wilhelm . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 13: Craik - Damer. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1888, p. 5 (English).
Web links
- Wilhelm Cramer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Wilhelm Cramer , HAdW Research Center "History of Southwest German Court Music in the 18th Century"
- WB Squire, rev. David J. Golby: Cramer, Wilhelm. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
- Simon McVeigh: Cramer family: (1) Wilhelm Cramer. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Sheet music and audio files by Wilhelm Cramer in the International Music Score Library Project
Remarks
- ^ Charles Mackeson: Ancient Concerts. In: George Grove (Ed.): A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Volume 1. 1900, p. 64 f. ( Online at Wikisource ; see Concerts of Antient Music in the English Wikipedia).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cramer, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cramer, Johann Wilhelm (full name); Cramer, William; Kramer, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 2, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1799 |
| Place of death | London , England |