# Joseph Graetz

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joseph_Graetz
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joseph_Graetz.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Graetz
> Source revision: 1351352774
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

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

## Career

Graetz was born in [Vohburg](/source/Vohburg) on the Danube.[1] He received musical training at [Rohr Abbey](/source/Braunau_in_Rohr_Abbey), near Abensberg, Bavaria, and went to school in Ingolstadt. He became a pupil of [Michael Haydn](/source/Michael_Haydn) in Salzburg and also studied briefly with [Ferdinando Bertoni](/source/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.[2]

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](/source/Caspar_Ett), [Josef Alois Ladurner](/source/Josef_Alois_Ladurner), [Peter Josef von Lindpaintner](/source/Peter_Josef_von_Lindpaintner), [Eduard Rottmanner](/source/Eduard_Rottmanner), and [Jakob Zeugheer](/source/Jakob_Zeugheer).

He died in Munich.

## References

1. Siegfried Gmeinwieser: "Graetz, Joseph", in: *Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart*, biographical part, vol. 7 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2002), column 1457.

1. Gmeinwieser (2002).

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Joseph Graetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Graetz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Graetz?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.