Josef Schrammel, (3 March 1852 – 24 November 1895), was an composer and musician from Austria-Hungary. He was an illegitimate son of Kasper Schrammel and his later wife Alosia Ernst. Very early in his life, his father recognised the talent of Josef and sent him, despite financial hardship, to the'' Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde'' (Society of Friends of Music in Vienna) where he received violin lessons. Later in his life, he travelled to the

Orient The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term ''Occident'', which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a meto ...

. In 1878 Josef founded, along with his brother Johann Schrammel and a guitarist, a trio; the following year

Anton Strohmayer Anton Strohmayer, (25 January 1848 – 20 December 1937), born in Lichtental, Vienna, was an Austrian musician. His instruments were contraguitar and clarinet; a founding member of the "Schrammel Brothers Specialities Quartet", he played Schram ...

replaced the first guitarist. This eventually, with the addition of clarinetist Georg Dänzer, became the famous Schrammel Quartet. His grave is located in

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in Vienna.

Literature

* Margarethe Egger: ''Die „Schrammeln“ in ihrer Zeit''. Heyne, München 2000, . * Stefan Winterstein (Hrsg.): ''Josef Schrammel im Serail. Die Aufzeichnungen des Wiener Volksmusikers über seine Reise in den Vorderen Orient 1869–1871.'' Schneider, Tutzing 2007, , (''Schriftenreihe zur Musik'' 11). * Rudolf Alexander Moißl: ''Die Schrammel-Dynastie.'' St. Pöltner Zeitungs-Verlags-Gesellschaft, St. Pölten 1943. * Alois Böck,

Walter Deutsch Walter Deutsch (29 April 1923 – 13 January 2025) was an Austrian musicologist specialising in folk music research. He first worked as a composer and pianist, but became interested in folk music and performed field research, collecting hundred ...

: ''Das Werk der Brüder Schrammel. Einführung und Verzeichnis.'' Schneider, Tutzing 1993, , (''Schriftenreihe zur Musik'' 9). * *

External links

The Schrammel Brothers
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