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Georg Matthias Monn
Georg Matthias Monn
Austrian composer, organist and music teacher
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German harpsichordist and composer
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
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Carl Stamitz
Carl Stamitz
German composer of partial Czech ancestry
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Christian Cannabich
Christian Cannabich
German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
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Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock
English harpsichordist and conductor
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Antonio Rosetti
Antonio Rosetti
Czech classical era composer and double bass player
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Franz Xaver Richter
Franz Xaver Richter
Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Carl Friedrich Abel
German composer
Christian Ernst Graf
German Kapellmeister and composer

Christian Ernst Graf

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German Kapellmeister and composer
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Christian Ernst Friedrich Graf (Rudolstadt, 30 June 1723 – The Hague, 17 July 1804) was a Dutch Kapellmeister and composer of German descent. He was Kapellmeister to William V, Prince of Orange and resident in the Netherlands from 1762, where he changed the spelling of his name to Graaf.

He was the son of Kapellmeister de:Johann Graf (1684–1750) and brother of the flautist Friedrich Hartmann Graf.

He composed multiple symphonies as well as concertos and songs.

Works Include:

Op. 1 Sinfonia voor Orkest in C (Symphony for Orchestra in C)
Symphony No. 1 in F major
Symphony in D
Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major (1777) for cello and orchestra
Laat ons juichen, Batavieren! (1766) for tenor and harpsichord
De pruimeboom (Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen) for baritone and harpsichord, poem by Hieronymus van Alphen