Wilhelm Cramer

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 famous London violinist and musical conductor of German origin. He was 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 (24 February 1771 – 16 April 1858).

Cramer Street in London's Marylebone district is named after him.^[1]

Sources

• Fairfield, Sheila (1983). The Streets Of London: A Dictionary Of The Names And Their Origins. Papermac. ISBN 978-0-333-28649-4.

Further reading

• W. B. Squire, rev. David J. Golby. Cramer, Wilhelm (bap. 1746, d. 1799), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography first published Sept. 2004
• Warwick Lister. Music & Letters, Wilhelm Cramer and the Opera Concert Orchestra: 'Damnatio Memoriae'?, Vol. 82, No. 1 (2001), p. 78, Oxford University Press

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 (IMSLP)

1. Fairfield 1983, p. 84.