Wilhelm Cramer

Portrait painting of German violinist and musical conductor Wilhelm Cramer by the English painter Thomas Hardy (1757 – c. 1805) in 1794, painted for the British music publisher and seller, John Bland (c.1750–c.1840).

Wilhelm Cramer (2 June 1746, Mannheim – 5 October 1799, London) was a famous London violinist and musical conductor of German origin. He was one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilhelm Cramer is the father of the famous Johann Baptist Cramer (24 February 1771 – 16 April 1858) (English musician of German origin).

Further reading

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

W. B. Squire, ‘Cramer, Wilhelm (bap. 1746, d. 1799)’, rev. David J. Golby, first published Sept 2004, 800 words, with portrait illustration http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006593

• Wilhelm Cramer and the Opera Concert Orchestra: 'Damnatio Memoriae'?

Warwick Lister Music & Letters, Vol. 82, No. 1 (Feb., 2001), p. 78 (article consists of 1 page) Published by: Oxford University Press http://www.jstor.org/stable/3526457

External links

• Wilhelm Cramer portrait by the English painter Thomas Hardy (1757-circa 1805).
• Free scores by Wilhelm Cramer at the International Music Score Library Project