Christian Ernst Friedrich Graf (

Rudolstadt Rudolstadt is a town in the German federal state Thuringia, with the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north. The former capital of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the town is built along the River Saale inside a wide v ...

, 30 June 1723 –

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, 17 July 1804) was a Dutch Kapellmeister and composer of German descent. He was Kapellmeister to

William V, Prince of Orange William V (Willem Batavus; 8 March 1748 – 9 April 1806) was a prince of Orange and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau until his death i ...

and resident in the Netherlands from 1762, where he changed the spelling of his name to Graaf. He was the son of Kapellmeister :de:Johann Graf (1684–1750) and brother of the flautist

Friedrich Hartmann Graf Friedrich Hartmann Graf (23 August 1727 – 19 August 1795) was a German flautist and composer. Biography 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 regimen ...

.Bertil H. Van Boer Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period 2012- Page 239 "The son of Kapellmeister Johann Graf (1684–1750) and brother to Christian Ernst Graf, he joined a military regiment in 1743, being wounded and interned during the Seven Years' War. In 1759 upon his release he moved to Hamburg, and in ..." He composed multiple symphonies as well as concertos and songs.

Works

*Op. 1 Sinfonia voor Orkest in C (Symphony for Orchestra in C) *Symphony No. 1 in F major *Symphony in D *Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major for cello and orchestra (1777) *Laat ons juichen, Batavieren! for tenor and harpsichord (1766) *De pruimeboom (Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen) for baritone and harpsichord, poem by Hieronymus van Alphen

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* German Classical-period composers 1723 births 1804 deaths German male classical composers 19th-century German male musicians {{Germany-composer-stub