Friedrich Hartmann Graf
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Friedrich Hartmann Graf (23 August 1727 – 19 August 1795) was a German flautist
and composer
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Friedrich Hartmann Graf was born 23 August 1727 in Rudolstadt
. He was trained by his father Johann Graf and then served as a drummer in a Dutch army regiment where he was taken as a prisoner of war by the English. After he returned in 1759 he became a flutist and conductor in Hamburg for five years. During that time he toured England, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. He then became first flutist by his brother Christian Ernst Graf who led the royal chapel in the Hague. Later he became the music director and cantor of all protestant churches, the school of St. Anna in Augsburg
where he founded a civil society concert in 1779. Here he also met Mozart.
Friedrich died 19 August 1795 in Augsburg.
Flautist
A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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Friedrich Hartmann Graf was born 23 August 1727 in Rudolstadt
Rudolstadt
Rudolstadt is a town in the German Bundesland of Thuringia, close to the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north....
. He was trained by his father Johann Graf and then served as a drummer in a Dutch army regiment where he was taken as a prisoner of war by the English. After he returned in 1759 he became a flutist and conductor in Hamburg for five years. During that time he toured England, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. He then became first flutist by his brother Christian Ernst Graf who led the royal chapel in the Hague. Later he became the music director and cantor of all protestant churches, the school of St. Anna in Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
where he founded a civil society concert in 1779. Here he also met Mozart.
Friedrich died 19 August 1795 in Augsburg.