Leopold Friedrich Raab

Leopold Friedrich Raab (1721 - after 1786) was a German composer and violinist of the baroque to early classical era.

Raab was born in Glogau (now

Hofkapelle. This indicates that he took part in performances at the Royal Court, or possibly at Janitsch's weekly house concerts "Freitags-Akademien".^[6]

) In this particular quartet, Raab must have played either viola or violetta.

In 1753 he was employed as Konzertmeister at the

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[7] In 1784, he was recorded as living in Mauerstraße.^[7]

His date of death is unknown.

His son, Ernst Heinrich Otto (1750-1801), having learnt the violin from his father, also became a distinguished violinist and was appointed as a chamber musician to the emperor of Russia.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Works

Raab was said to have composed numerous concertos, sonatas and sinfonias^[2] during his time in Berlin, as well as many good "things" for the violin,^[7] however it seems that most of his music has not survived, or remains undiscovered. His only known works to have survived are two violin concertos (in E major^[8] and E minor^[9]) for which the manuscripts can be found in the archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin which was rediscovered in 2000.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hirsching, Friedrich Karl Gottlob (1806). Historischliterarisches Handbuch berühmter und denkwürdigen Personen, welche in dem 18. Jahrhunderte gestorben sind, Volume 8 (in German). pp. 308–309.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Lebedur, Carl Freiherrn von (1861). Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart (in German). p. 422.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hoffmann, Carl Julius Adolf (1830). Die Tonkünstler Schlesiens: ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Schlesiens vom Jahre 960 bis 1830 (in German). In Kommission bei G. P. Aderholz. pp. 354.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jöcher, Christian Gottlieb; Adelung, Johann Christoph; Rotermund, Heinrich Wilhelm, eds. (1819). Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon: Darinne die Gelehrten aller Stände, Volume 10 Jahre 960 bis 1830 (in German). Gleditsch. p. 1178.
^ ^a ^b Sainsbury, John S. (1824). A Dictionary of Musicians: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Sainsbury and Company, Salisbury-Square, Fleet-Street. p. 330.
^ Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (469316300).
^ ^a ^b ^c Nicolai, Friedrich (1786). Beschreibung der königlichen Residenzstädte Berlin und Potsdam, Volume 4 (in German). pp. 59. leopold friedrich Raab.
^ Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (469296000).
^ Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (469295900).

[Hirsching-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hirsching, Friedrich Karl Gottlob (1806). Historischliterarisches Handbuch berühmter und denkwürdigen Personen, welche in dem 18. Jahrhunderte gestorben sind, Volume 8 (in German). pp. 308–309.

[Lebedur-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Lebedur, Carl Freiherrn von (1861). Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart (in German). p. 422.

[Hoffmann-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hoffmann, Carl Julius Adolf (1830). Die Tonkünstler Schlesiens: ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Schlesiens vom Jahre 960 bis 1830 (in German). In Kommission bei G. P. Aderholz. pp. 354.

[Jöcher-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Jöcher, Christian Gottlieb; Adelung, Johann Christoph; Rotermund, Heinrich Wilhelm, eds. (1819). Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon: Darinne die Gelehrten aller Stände, Volume 10 Jahre 960 bis 1830 (in German). Gleditsch. p. 1178.

[Sainsbury-5] Sainsbury, John S. (1824). A Dictionary of Musicians: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Sainsbury and Company, Salisbury-Square, Fleet-Street. p. 330.

[RISM_469316300-6] Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (469316300).

[Nicolai-7] Nicolai, Friedrich (1786). Beschreibung der königlichen Residenzstädte Berlin und Potsdam, Volume 4 (in German). pp. 59. leopold friedrich Raab.

[RISM_469296000-8] Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (469296000).

[RISM_469295900-9] Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (469295900).

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