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Nikolaus Kraft

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Name
  
Nikolaus Kraft

Role
  
Composer


Died
  
1853

Parents
  
Antonin Kraft

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Nikolaus Kraft (14 December 1778, Eszterháza, Hungary - 18 May 1853, Cheb, Bohemia) was an Austrian cellist and composer (six cello concertos). He was the son of Antonín Kraft, under whom he first studied. He then trained under Jean-Louis Duport (1801). He claimed to have been the soloist for the premiere of Beethoven's Triple Concerto and played alongside Mozart and Anton Teyber on 12 April 1789 at Dresden on Mozart's Berlin journey.

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Nikolaus Kraft Wikipedia