Wilhelm Cramer
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London
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violinist and musical conductor of German
Germany
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origin. He was one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilhelm Cramer is the father of the famous Johann Baptist Cramer
Johann Baptist Cramer
Johann Baptist Cramer was an English musician of German origin. He was the son of Wilhelm Cramer, a famous London violinist and musical conductor, one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries.-Biography:Johann Baptist Cramer was born in...
(24 February 1771 – 16 April 1858) (English musician of German origin).
Further reading
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
W. B. Squire, ‘Cramer, Wilhelm (bap. 1746, d. 1799)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004, 800 words, with portrait illustration
http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006593
- Wilhelm Cramer and the Opera Concert Orchestra: 'Damnatio Memoriae'?
Warwick Lister Music & Letters, Vol. 82, No. 1 (Feb., 2001), p. 78 (article consists of 1 page)
Published by: Oxford University Press
http://www.jstor.org/stable/3526457