Johann
Christian Gottlieb
(Gottlieb)
Graupner
Born in Verden, Hanover, Prussia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Catherine (Comerford) Graupner
— married
16 Apr 1796 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 68
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Dec 2016
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Biography
Wikipedia: Gotttlieb Graupner
Wikidata: Item Q12058999, en:Wikipedia 
Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner was born in 1767 in Verden, Hanover, Prussia (which later became Germany). He was the seventh child of Johann Georg and Anna Maria Agnesa Schoenhagen Graupner.[1][2][3]
He followed in the footsteps of his father and became an oboe player in a regiment at Hanover. At his own request he received an honorable discharge 8 Apr 1788.[1]
He went to London. In 1791, he was chosen first oboist for Haydn's Orchestra.[1]
In 1792 he went to Prince Edward Island. In 1795 He was playing in a theatre orchestra in Charlestown, South Carolina.[1]
He married 16 April 1796, at Charleston, to opera singer Catherine (Comerford) Hillier.[4][5]
Early in 1797 Gottlieb settled in Boston. He co-founded the Philharmonic Society (ca.1810–1825) and the Handel and Haydn Society (est.1815) in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] He was a music publisher and dealer in Boston.[5]
Gotlieb died before 16 April 1836, when he was buried in Boston.[6] He was called "Prof. Gottlieb Graupner" in his obituary on 20 April 1836 in the Colombian Centinel at Boston.[7]
The portrait of Gottlieb Graupner by John Rubens Smith, 1809 is in the Library of Congress.[8]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Boston Symphony Orchestra. (1882). Programme - Boston Symphony Orchestra. Boston. p.920
- ↑ Profile for Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner on Prabook, which is a registered trademark of World Biographical Encyclopedia, Inc.
- ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPF9-JBVM : 27 October 2021), Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner, 9 Oct 1767; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Verden, Hannover, Preußen, Deutschland, Verden, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
- ↑ Oxford Music Online $
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wieland, H. S. (2014). Women music educators in the United States. A history. Blue Ridge Summit: Scarecrow Press Inc. Page 32.
- ↑ Gottlieb Graupner Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- ↑ Prof Gottlieb Graupner Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
- ↑ Portrait - Public Domain at Wikipedia
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