Cramer

Cramer, JOHANN BAPTIST, pianist, was born at Mannheim in 1771, the son of Wilhelm Cramer (1745-99), a musician of repute, who settled in London in 1772. From 1788 the son undertook concert tours on the Continent, and gained a high reputation as a facile and expressive performer. He founded the musical publishing firm which bears his name in 1828, and after some years' residence in Paris, died in London, 16th April 1858. Most of his compositions are now forgotten, but his series of Studies is a work of importance.