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Joseph Martin Kraus
1756Jun, 20

Joseph Martin Kraus

Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer and educator (d. 1792)
Joseph Martin Kraus (20 June 1756 – 15 December 1792), was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm. He has been referred to as "the Swedish Mozart", and had a life span very similar to Mozart's.

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