# Christian Kramer

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**Christian Kramer** (January 16, 1781 – February 18, 1834[1]) was a composer, arranger, musician and [Master of the King's Musick](/source/Master_of_the_Queen's_Music) between 1829 and 1834.[2][3] He served under two British kings; [George IV](/source/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom) and [William IV](/source/William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom).

Kramer was born in [Hannover](/source/Hannover) and was a pupil of Romantic composer [Peter Winter](/source/Peter_Winter). He became a court musician, eventually rising to lead George IV's personal orchestra ("band") which, according to *Dwight's Journal of Music* was "in its time acknowledged to be one of the best in Europe".[4] Notably, many of the musicians in his band were sourced from Germany.[4] John Dwight goes on to note that he could play all of the instruments in his orchestra to a remarkable degree. *A Dictionary of Musical Information* of 1876 notes that he was "a composer of great ability",[5] although none of his compositions have remained in the repertoire. He was apparently on good terms with the king; according to one account, like George IV, Kramer suffered from [gout](/source/Gout) and was often inquired of by his master "after a simultaneous attack".[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Christian Kramer](https://lccn.loc.gov/n82201349) at the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** David Cannadine *The Invention of Tradition* (ed Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger) (Cambridge University Press, 2000) 114

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Masters of the King's/Queen's Music](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93041), *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dwight_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dwight_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dwight_4-2) John Sullivan Dwight, *Dwight's Journal of Music* Volumes 7-8 (D.L. Balch, 1856) 26

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [John Weeks Moore](/source/John_Weeks_Moore), *A Dictionary of Musical Information* (Ayer Publishing, 1876) 44

Court offices Preceded by William Shield Master of the King's Music 1829–1834 Succeeded by Franz Cramer

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