JOHANN BAPTIST See also:

• JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER (1771—1858)
• CRAMER, JOHN ANTONY (1793—1848)
• CRAMER, KARL VON (1818—r9o2)

CRAMER (1771—1858)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English musician, of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German extraction, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• MANNHEIM

Mannheim, on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1771 . He was the son of Wilhelm See also:

• CRAMER, JOHANN BAPTIST (1771—1858)
• CRAMER, JOHN ANTONY (1793—1848)
• CRAMER, KARL VON (1818—r9o2)

Cramer (1743-1799), a famous See also:

• LONDON

London violinist and musical conductor, one of a numerous See also:

• FAMILY

family who were identified with the progress of See also:

• MUSIC

music during the 18th and 19th centuries . Johann Baptist was brought to London as a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, and it was in London that the greater See also:

• PART

part of his musical efforts was exercised . From 1782 to 1784 he studied the See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte under Muzio See also:

• CLEMENTI, MUZIO (c. 1751-1832)

Clementi, and soon became known as a professional pianist both in London and on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent; he enjoyed a See also:

• WORLD

world-wide reputation, and was particularly appreciated by See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven . He died in London on the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1858 . Apart from his pianoforte-playing Cramer is important as a composer, and as See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal founder in 1824 of the London music-See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Cramer & Co . He wrote a number of sonatas, &c., for pianoforte, and other compositions; but his Etudes is the See also:

• WORK

work by which he lives as a composer . These " studies " have appeared in numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, from 1810 onwards, and became the See also:

• STAPLE

staple pieces in the training of pianists .