Carl Heinrich Graun belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Carl Heinrich Graun as German composer and singer.
Carl Heinrich Graun was born at Wahrenbrück in 1704. His recorded nationality is Germany. He trained at Kreuzschule.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer and opera singer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
His work is classed as opera.
Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
That the work came out of Germany shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Carl Heinrich Graun died in 1759, aged 55. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: opera
