Carl Grädener
Karl Graedener (14 January 1812 – 10 June 1883) was a German composer.
Also recorded as Karl Graedener · Carl G. P. Grädener
Carl Grädener
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- Full name
- Carl Georg Peter Grädener.
- Born
- 1812. · Rostock.
- Died
- 1883. · Hamburg.
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
- Occupation
- composer, musicologist, pianist, music theorist, cellist, conductor, music teacher and writer.
- Languages
- German.
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Karl Graedener (14 January 1812 – 10 June 1883) was a German composer.
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Biography
Biography
He was born in Rostock. From 1835 to 1838 he was a cellist in Helsinki. Then, he was musical director of the Kiel University for ten years. In 1851 he founded a singing school in Hamburg, which he directed until 1861. From 1862 to 1865 he taught singing and music theory at the Vienna Conservatory and then at the Hamburg Conservatory until his death.
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His compositions included three operas, two symphonies, a piano concerto, chamber music and Lieder. His son Hermann Graedener was also a composer. His grandson Ernst Sigismund Fischer was a well-known mathematician.
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Identity and origins
Carl Grädener was recorded at birth as Carl Georg Peter Grädener. The authorities additionally record the headings Karl Graedener and Carl G. His recorded language was German. One child is recorded: Hermann Grädener.
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Carl Grädener is recorded as composer, musicologist, pianist, music theorist and cellist.
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1883
Carl Grädener died in 1883 at Hamburg.
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Rostock.
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Hamburg.
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- 1.Hermann Genzken: Die Abiturienten des Katharineums zu Lübeck (Gymnasium und Realgymnasium) von Ostern 1807 bis 1907. Borchers, Lübeck 1907 (Digitalisat), Nr. 279
- 2.Robert Schumann, Tagebücher, Band 2, hrsg. von Gerd Nauhaus, Leipzig 1987, S. 214 und 225
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