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Birth Anniversary: Johann Gottlieb Graun — October 27, 1703
27 October 2026
Wahrenbrück
Born at Wahrenbrück in Saxony on 27 October 1703. He studied violin under Johann Georg Pisendel at the Kreuzschule in Dresden and later with Giuseppe Tartini in Padua, absorbing the highest Italian and German violin traditions of the early eighteenth century.
Dates verified on Christoph Henzel, Graun-Werkverzeichnis (GraunWV), ortus musikverlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3937788029; Grove Music Online, entry "Graun, Johann Gottlieb" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11653).
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