Joseph Graetz (2 December 1760 – 17 July 1826) was a German composer, organist, and music educator.

Career

Graetz was born in Vohburg on the Danube. He received musical training at Rohr Abbey, near Abensberg, Bavaria, and went to school in Ingolstadt. He became a pupil of

Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn (; 14 September 173710 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Life Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohrau, near the Hungarian border. ...

in Salzburg and also studied briefly with Ferdinando Bertoni in Venice. After several travels through Italy he settled in Munich in 1788 where he was mainly active as a composer and music teacher.Gmeinwieser (2002). In 1790, two of his stage works premiered: the operetta ''Das Gespenst mit der Trommel'' and the opera ''Adelheid von Veltheim''. His most notable students included Caspar Ett, Josef Alois Ladurner, Peter Josef von Lindpaintner,

Eduard Rottmanner Eduard Rottmanner (2 September 1809 – 4 May 1843) was a German composer and organist. Rottmanner was born in Munich and was the cousin of German poet, philosopher, and politician Karl Rottmanner, and the great-nephew of lawyer Simon Rottman ...

, and

Jakob Zeugheer Jakob Zeugheer (known also as J. Z. Herrmann), (born Zürich 20 July 1803; died Liverpool 15 June 1865) was a Swiss violinist, conductor and composer. Childhood Born at Zürich in 1803, Zeugheer learned the violin first from Heinrich Joseph Wasse ...

. He died in Munich.

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