Johann Friedrich Gräfe

Johann Friedrich Gräfe (May 7, 1711-February 5 or 8, 1787) was a civil servant and an amateur composer, whose works are still known today.

He was born in Braunschweig and baptized on May 7, 1711 in Nauen. He was a Kammerrat, a member of the court of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. He was quite recognized at the time as an amateur composer. The attribution of his works is not always considered certain. His daughter Louise Gräfe married the writer Johann Arnold Ebert.

Stage works

Selected works

References

Ludwig Ferdinand Spehr (1879), "Graefe, Johann Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 557– 

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