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Birth Anniversary: Carl Heinrich Graun — May 7, 1704
07 May 2027
Born at Wahrenbrück in Saxony on 7 May 1704, younger brother of Johann Gottlieb Graun. Trained as a boy chorister at the Kreuzschule in Dresden, he possessed an exquisite tenor voice and studied opera composition, winning appointment to the court of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1725.
Dates verified on Christoph Henzel, Graun-Werkverzeichnis (GraunWV), ortus musikverlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3937788029; Grove Music Online, entry "Graun, Carl Heinrich" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11652).
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