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Antonín Kraft
vc, 1752-1820 CZ, Rokycany
Musician / Composer of Classical
Antonín Kraft (December 30, 1752, Rokycany – 28 August 1820, Vienna) was a Czech cellist and composer. He was a close friend of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.Kraft was born in the Bohemian town Rokycany of German Bohemian ethnics family which had assimilated into Czech. He received early musical education on the cello from his father before going to university in Vienna to study law. He soon obtained a position in the Imperial Hofkapelle. In 1778 he was appointed cellist in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's orchestra, where he met and studied composition with Haydn. After Esterházy died in 1790, he went to Vienna and became a founding member of the Schuppanzigh Quartet, where he helped establish the traditions of string quartet playing. He played in the Grassalkovich court and from 1796 was emplo
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cellokonzerte 1&2 - Cellosonate | Jens Peter Maintz, Dávid Adorján, Joseph Haydn, Antonín Kraft | 2008 | Album |
| Original Works & Classics For Cello & Double Bass | Ignaz Pleyel • František Benda • Luigi Boccherini • Giorgio Antoniotti • Antonín Kraft • Joseph Haydn - Jörg Baumann • Klaus Stoll | 2005 | Compil. |
| Cello Concertos | Joseph Haydn, Antonín Kraft — Anner Bylsma, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon | 1990 | Album |
| Concerto In C Major For Violoncello And Orchestra, Op. 4 / Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 6 | Antonín Kraft / Niccolò Paganini, František Smetana, Jiří Novák, The Prague Symphony Orchestra | Album |
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