Johann Gottlieb Graun

Short bio Johann Gottlieb Graun

Birthday: 1702 in Wahrenbrück, Germany

Died: 1771 in Berlin, Germany

Genre: Classical

Period: Baroque

Full biography Johann Gottlieb Graun

Johann Gottlieb Graun was a German composer and violinist who lived during the Baroque/Classical era. He was born in Wahrenbruck around the years 1702-1703 and died on October 28th, 1771. Graun was one of the most distinguished German instrumental composers of the pre-Classical era and wrote around to 400 works , which included overtures, symphonies, concertos, trio sonatas and violin sonatas, among others.

Graun received his early music education from Johann Zacharias Grundig, who taught him music and singing. He went on to become a concertmaster and composer in the service of Frederick II of Prussia. Graun also worked for other noble courts, including the court of Celle where he was the concertmaster, and the court of Bayreuth where he worked as a composer.

He was especially known for his instrumental compositions, having written about 95 sinfonias, 17 French overtures, some 175 trio sonatas, and roughly 80 concertos (60 for violin), among others. Graun was a leading exponent of the pre-classical Berlin school , which also included his elder brother, Carl Heinrich Graun, C.P.E. Bach, Franz Benda, Joseph Benda as violinists, and Johann Joachim Quantz as a chamber musician and flutist.

Although Graun is often indicated as an unknown composer, his music has recently been rediscovered, such as the performances recorded by the Wiener Akademie and the chamber orchestra Opera Prima. Additionally, his works involving the viola da gamba are considered some of the most diligent ones among the composers who wrote for the instrument during that period.

Compositions featuring Johann Gottlieb Graun

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Concerto, for viola da gamba, strings & continuo in A major	22:53 min	Concerto	1770
2	Concerto for viola da gamba, strings & continuo in D major	17:19 min	Concerto	17??
3	Trio for harpshichord, bass viol & continuo in C major	16:18 min	Chamber Music	-
4	Trio for violin & keyboard in B major, GraunWV C:XV:92	14:58 min	Chamber Music	-
5	Trio for violin & keyboard in A major, GraunWV C:XV:90	23:57 min	Chamber Music	-
6	Trio for viola da gamba, harpsichord & continuo in F major	19:52 min	Chamber Music	-
7	Trio for oboe, violin, cello & continuo in F major	10:42 min	Chamber Music	-
8	Trio for harpsichord, viola da gamba & continuo in C major, Wendt 87	17:00 min	Chamber Music	-
9	Trio for harpsichord obligato & viola in C minor	21:55 min	Chamber Music	-
10	Trio for violin (or flute) & harpsichord obbligato	10:30 min	Chamber Music	-
11	Trio for 2 violas da gamba & continuo in G major	12:33 min	Chamber Music	-
12	Trio Concertante, for 2 violas da gamba & continuo in G major	17:09 min	Chamber Music	-
13	Symphony in B flat major for strings & continuo	7:50 min	Symphony	-
14	Sonata in F major	9:12 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
15	Sonata for violin & keyboard in B flat major, GWV Av:XV:46	16:33 min	Chamber Music	-
16	Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, GraunWV Av:XVII:35	14:40 min	Chamber Music	-
17	Sonata for viola & keyboard in C minor, GWV Av:XV:20	17:12 min	Chamber Music	-
18	Sonata for flute, violin & continuo in G major	9:58 min	Chamber Music	-
19	Soll ich mich, song	0:54 min	Vocal Music	-
20	Trio for violin, viola & continuo in B flat major (from Musikalisches Vielerley)	14:29 min	Chamber Music	-
21	Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & continuo in D major	10:04 min	Chamber Music	-
22	Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in A major, GWV Av:XV:41	16:11 min	Chamber Music	-
23	Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G major, GWV A:XV:11 ("Melancholicus & Sanguineus")	12:29 min	Chamber Music	-
24	Trio Sonata for 2 violins & harpsichord in B-flat major, GraunWV Av:XV:46	16:58 min	Chamber Music	-
25	Trio Sonata for flute, oboe & continuo in G major, Wendt 79	11:49 min	Chamber Music	-
26	Trio Sonata for violin, viola & continuo in A major, GWV Av:XV:42	13:37 min	Chamber Music	-
27	Trio Sonata for violin, viola da gamba, pardessus de viol & bass cembalo in A major	14:54 min	Chamber Music	-
28	Trio Sonata in C minor, Wendt 141	13:55 min	Chamber Music	-
29	Trio Sonata in D major, Wendt 24	17:09 min	Chamber Music	-
30	Trio Sonata in D major, Wendt 40	14:16 min	Chamber Music	-
31	Trio Sonata in G major, Wendt 63	17:18 min	Chamber Music	-
32	Trio Sonata in G major, Wendt 84	9:56 min	Chamber Music	-
33	Violin Concerto in C minor, GraunWV Av:XIII:18	17:46 min	Concerto	-
34	Work(s) for winds		Chamber Music	-
35	Concerto for Violin in A major	18:35 min	Choral	-
36	Concerto for 2 solo violins, 2 horns, strings & continuo in F major, GraunWV Av:XIII:31	21:28 min	Concerto	-
37	Concerto for 2 solo violins, 2 horns, strings, (2 oboes) & continuo in G major, GraunWV C:XIII:84	17:56 min	Concerto	-
38	Concerto for alto recorder, violin & strings in C major	8:59 min	Concerto	-
39	Concerto for bassoon, strings & continuo in B flat major		Concerto	-
40	Concerto for bassoon, strings & continuo in C major	12:24 min	Concerto	-
41	Concerto for bassoon, strings & continuo in F major	9:57 min	Concerto	-
42	Concerto for horn in D major	10:21 min	Concerto	-
43	Concerto for oboe & orchestra in C minor	20:40 min	Concerto	-
44	Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in G minor	10:52 min	Concerto	-
45	Concerto for solo viola, strings & continuo in E flat major, GraunWV Cv:XIII:116	18:07 min	Concerto	-
46	Concerto for solo violin, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in C minor, GraunWV C:XIII:68	10:29 min	Concerto	-
47	Concerto for transverse flute, 2 violins & basso continuo in E minor	10:46 min	Concerto	-
48	Concerto for viola da gamba in A minor	23:39 min	Concerto	-
49	Concerto for viola da gamba, strings & continuo in C major, GraunWV A:XIII:2	26:20 min	Concerto	-
50	Concerto for violin & viola da gamba (or viola da braccio) in C minor	24:13 min	Concerto	-
51	Sonata for flute & continuo in C major	8:23 min	Chamber Music	-
52	Concerto for Violin in D minor	17:07 min	Concerto	-
53	Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G minor, GraunWV A:XIII:9	13:37 min	Concerto	-
54	Die Ente, song	1:36 min	Vocal Music	-
55	Già la sera, cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, GraunWV A:III:2	22:30 min	Vocal Music	-
56	La Partenza, canzonetta	3:57 min	Vocal Music	-
57	O Bacchis, song	0:57 min	Vocal Music	-
58	O Dio, Fileno, cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, GraunWV Av:III:9	31:27 min	Vocal Music	-
59	Overture and Allegro for orchestra in D minor	10:55 min	Orchestral	-
60	Quartet for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo in G minor, GraunWV Av:XIV:10	19:04 min	Chamber Music	-
61	Quartet for horn, 2 violins & cello in E flat major	9:01 min	Chamber Music	-
62	Quintet for flute, oboe, viola, cello & harpsichord in A minor, GraunWV Av:XIV:14	15:40 min	Chamber Music	-
63	Sinfonia Grosso in D major	10:07 min	Symphony	-
64	Sinfonia in E flat major, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings & continuo	7:04 min	Symphony	-
65	Canzonetta, song	2:41 min	Vocal Music	-

Albums featuring Johann Gottlieb Graun

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Federico Guglielmo, Accademia D'Archi Arrigoni, Christian Sebastianutto – Concerti Per Violino, Archi E Continuo(CD, Album)	2022	Amadeus
2	J.G. Graun, Augusta McKay Lodge, Georgina McKay Lodge, Eva Lymenstull, David Schulenberg – Chamber Music From The Court Of Frederick The Great(CD, Album)	2021	Brilliant Classics
3	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Amanda Forsythe, Opera Prima (5), Cristiano Contadin – Torna Vincitor(CD, Album)	2020	cpo
4	Janitsch, Krause, Graun, Notturna (2), Christopher Palameta – Forgotten Chamber Works With Oboe From The Court Of Prussia(CD, Album)	2018	Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
5	Fantasticus XL Concerti By JG Graun, J-M Leclair ,& WF Bach – Conversed Monologue	2016	Resonus Classics
6	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Ludwig Christian Hesse, Lucile Boulanger, Arnaud De Pasquale – Trios For Fortepiano & Viola Da Gamba(CD, )	2015	Alpha Classics
7	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Les Amis De Philippe – Trios For Violin Or Viola & Clavier(CD, Album)	2013	cpo
8	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun, Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle – Oboe Concertos(CD, Album)	2013	Accent
9	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Les Récréations – Trios(CD, Album, Stereo)	2012	Raumklang
10	Telemann, Pfeiffer, Graun, Hille Perl, Freiburger Barockorchester – Concerti(CD, Album)	2012	Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
11	Friedrich der Grosse • Graun • Nichelmann • Quantz • C.P.E. Bach - Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin – Music For The Berlin Court (À La Cour De Frédéric Le Grand)	2012	Harmonia Mundi
12	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Cappella Academica Frankfurt – Concerti	2011	cpo
13	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Les Amis De Philippe – Trios For 2 Violins & Basso(CD, Album)	2009	cpo
14	Graun, moderntimes_1800, Ilia Korol – Concertos For Strings(2×CD, )	2009	Challenge Classics
15	Johann Gottlieb Graun - Korol, Sepec, Ghielmi, Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck – Concertos(CD, Album)	2005	cpo
16	Heinz Holliger, Camerata Bern, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Georg Philipp Telemann – Oboe Concertos, Graun, Krebs, Telemann(CD, Album, Remastered, Stereo)	2004	Archiv Produktion
17	Janitsch, Schaffrath, Graun , Performed By Il Gardellino , Conductor Marcel Ponseele – Concert Life in 18th Century Berlin(CD, Stereo)	2000	Accent
18	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Friedrich Der Große, Johann Joachim Quantz, Johann Gottlieb Graun – Musik Am Hofe Friedrichs Des Großen(CD, Compilation, Stereo)	1999	Brisa Entertainment GmbH
19	Johann Gottlieb Graun - Les Amis De Philippe – Trio Sonatas(CD, Album)	1999	cpo
20	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Christophe Coin, Vittorio Ghielmi, Gilles Colliard, Ensemble Baroque De Limoges – Konzertante Musik Mit Viola Da Gamba	1998	Auvidis-Astrée
21	Vivaldi, Pisendel, Graun, Telemann, Roland Straumer, Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler – Violinkonzerte Des Barock(CD, Album, Reissue)	1997	Berlin Classics
22	Quantz, C. P. E. Bach, J. S. Bach, Graun – Vol. II - Musiche Alla Corte di Federico II di Prussia(CD, Compilation)	1994	Hobby & Work Italiana Editrice
23	Berliner Barock-Compagney, C. Ph. E. Bach, Schaffrath, Czarth, Graun – Evening Concerts At The Rheinsberg Castle(CD, )	1993	Capriccio (2)
24	Benda • C.Ph.E. Bach • Graun - Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Hartmut Haenchen – Konzert Am Preussischen Hof	1993	Berlin Classics
25	Heinichen • Fasch • Hasse • Graun • Friedrich II. – Deutsche Frühklassik	1992	Capriccio Digital
26	Johann Georg Pisendel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violine des Barock und der Klassik	1990	Grünenthal
27	Telemann, Pfeiffer, J.G. Graun, Siegfried Pank - Akademie Für Alte Musik – Viola Da Gamba Concertata	1989	Eterna
28	Johann Gottlieb Graun · Johann Christian Bach, Burkhard Glaetzner, Kammerorchester Berlin, Max Pommer – Oboenkonzerte	1985	ETERNA
29	Scheidt, Bach, Kühnel, Graun – Viola Da Gamba (Musik Deutscher Meister)(LP, Stereo)	1985	Ex Libris
30	Fasch, Graun, Graupner, Daniel Smith (7), The Ravina Chamber Ensemble – 18th - Century Bassoon Concerti(LP, Album, Stereo)	1981	Spectrum Records (5)
31	Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Joachim Quantz, František Benda – Music Of The Berlin Court(LP)	1981	Gasparo
32	Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Gottlieb Graun – Lindauer Frühling, Barocke Doppelkonzerte(LP)	1979	Schwann Musica Mundi
33	Graun - Graupner, Holzbauer, Wilfried Engel, Capella Clementina, Helmut Müller-Brühl – Concerti Per Viola(LP)	1979	Philips
34	Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Camerata Bern, Heinz Holliger – Konzerte Für Oboe(LP, Stereo)	1979	Archiv Produktion
35	Johann Christian Bach / Johann Gottlieb Graun, George Zukerman – Concerto For Bassoon In E Flat Major / Concerto For Bassoon In B Flat Major	1968	Turnabout
36	A. Vivaldi, J.G. Graun, Sammartini – Flöten-Konzerte Aus Dem Barock(LP)	1968	Fidula Fon
37	Johann Gottlieb Graun / Christoph Graupner / Johann Christoph Pez / Alfred Hertel / Hermann Stiedl / Hans Maria Kneihs, Elisabeth Toncourt, Hilde Langfort, Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra, Zlatko Topolski – German Baroque Wind Concerti	1966	Musical Heritage Society
38	Jean Pierre Rampal, Orchestre Antiqua Musica, Jacques Roussel – Flöten In Sans-Souci	1965	Philips
39	Friedrich Der Grosse / Johann Joachim Quantz / Johann Gottlieb Graun / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Sinfonia D-dur / Konzert G-dur / Triosonate / Sonata Wq 145	1962	Archiv Produktion
40	Louis De Caix D'Hervelois, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Kammertrio Köln – Sonate Für Flöte Und Basso Continue D-Dur(7", 45 RPM)	-	Columbia
41	Graun • Krebs • Telemann, Heinz Holliger, Camerata Bern – Oboe Concertos(CD, Remastered, Stereo)	-	Archiv Produktion
42	J. Chr. Bach / J. G. Graun / Stamitz / J. N. Hummel, George Zukerman, Jörg Faerber, Württembergisches Kammerorchester – Fagottkonzerte(2×LP, Box Set, Compilation)	-	FSM Vox
43	Hertel, Fasch, Barsanti, Albinoni, Graun, Geminiani, Capella Clementina, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl – Concerti Barocchi(CD, Compilation, Copy Protected, Reissue)	-	Koch Treasure
44	August Wenzinger, Johann Gottlieb Graun – Musique De Chambre Pour Viole De Gambe 5 Lieder Pour Soprano(CD, )	-	Accord