Christoph Graupner
Christoph Graupnere (1683 - 1760) was one of the principal German composers during the time of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann. He was highly thought of in his day, much like Georg Frederic Handel or Telemann, with whom he maintained a lifetime friendship. About 2,000 Graupner works have survived, including 113 sinfonias, 85 ouvertures (suites), 44 concertos, 8 operas, 1,418 religious cantatas, 24 secular cantatas, 66 sonatas, and 40 harpsichord partitas. Nearly all of Graupner's manuscripts are housed in the University and State Library in Darmstadt, Germany.
According to the music critic David Vernier:
"Composer Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) is another one of those unfortunate victims of fate and circumstance–a contemporary of Bach, Handel, Telemann, etc., who has remained largely–and unfairly–neglected."
- David Vernier, from his review Graupner: Vocal & inst Vol. 1/Soly at the ClassicsToday.com website.
Fortunately, Graupner's music is enjoying a revival, due to the research efforts of many musicologists, performers, and conductors. In 2005, a catalog of Graupner's instrumental music (Oswald Bill and Christoph Grosspietsch, editors) was published by Carus Music. In 2010, Belgian conductor and musicologist Florian Heyerick published an online and searchable digital-catalog of the instrumental and vocal works.
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