Franz Cramer
Illustration — Franz Cramer Franz Anton Dorotheus Cramer or François Cramer (12 June 17721 August 1848) was an English violinist and conductor who was Master of the King's/Queen's Musick from 1834 until his death. He was born in either Mannheim or London, the son of Wilhelm Cramer and the brother of Johann Baptist Cramer. He was no doubt his father's pupil.
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Franz Cramer
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- Full name
- Franz Anton Dorotheus Cramer.
- Born
- 1772. · Mannheim.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain.
- Occupation
- conductor and composer.
- Fields
- classical.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Franz Cramer Franz Anton Dorotheus Cramer or François Cramer (12 June 17721 August 1848) was an English violinist and conductor who was Master of the King's/Queen's Musick from 1834 until his death. He was born in either Mannheim or London, the son of Wilhelm Cramer and the brother of Johann Baptist Cramer. He was no doubt his father's pupil.
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Next to nothing seems to be known about his activities or compositions, yet he was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1834, by King William IV, succeeding Christopher (or Christian) Kramer, who was no relation. He did not contribute any music to her coronation, leading The Spectator to complain that he had been allowed "to proclaim to the world his inability to discharge the first, and the most grateful duty of his office — the composition of a Coronation Anthem". The only composition of Cramer's that has survived is a Capriccio (Album Leaf) for violin, which is in manuscript in the British Museum.
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1772
Franz Cramer born at Mannheim.
1848
Franz Cramer died at London.
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Franz Cramer was recorded at birth as Franz Anton Dorotheus Cramer. The authorities additionally record the headings François Cramer and Franz Anton Dorotheus Cramer. His recorded language was German. Recorded as conductor and composer.
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