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Wilhelm Cramer

1746 – 1799

London violinist and conductor

Conductor Violinist Chapelmaster
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Lived 1746 – 1799 (aged 52–53). Wilhelm Cramer was a German conductor, violinist, chapelmaster and composer.

Portrait painting of Wilhelm Cramer by the English painter Thomas Hardy in 1794, painted for the British music publisher and seller John Bland.

Wilhelm Cramer (2 June 1746, Mannheim – 5 October 1799, London) was a London violinist and musical conductor of German origin. He was the son of a Mannheim violinist, Jakob Cramer (1705–70), and part of a large family who were connected with music during both the 18th and 19th centuries. He is the father of the famous English composer Johann Baptist Cramer and of the English violinist and conductor Franz Cramer.

Cramer joined the Mannheim Orchestra in 1757. He then moved to Stuttgart to work for the Duke of Württemberg, from where he obtained permission to travel to Paris and London. With encouragement from Johann Christian Bach he settled permanently in England from 1772. He also composed eight violin concertos and some chamber works

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Who was Wilhelm Cramer?

London violinist and conductor

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Wilhelm Cramer was born in 1746 in Mannheim.

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Wilhelm Cramer died on 5 October 1799 in London.

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Wilhelm Cramer was a conductor, violinist, chapelmaster and composer.

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Wilhelm Cramer was German.

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· Wikidata: Q78303

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