August Graun
(1670 - )

Anna Margarete Schneider
(1663 - )

m. 1748

Carl Heinrich Graun		Johanne Charlotte Reckop
	bd. 7 May 1704 (?), Wahrenbrück (Saxony) dd. 8 Aug 1759, Berlin Tenor, composer of 33 Italian operas, from 1740 Kapellmeister under Friedrich II of Prussia, artistically the founder of the Berlin opera house (today Staatsoper), opened on 7 Dec 1742 with his second opera "Cesare e Cleopatra"; best remembered for his oratorio "Der Tod Jesu” SM 54-55, 65		bd. 1719 dd. 24 Nov 1794 SM 55

spouses: 1, 2

Children (5 from this marriage):

Carl Ferdinand Graun

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