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Joseph Martin Kraus

Born: 20th June 1756, Miltenberg, Germany

Died: 15th December 1792, Stockholm, Sweden

Nationality: Swedish

Joseph Martin Kraus was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Holy Roman Empire. 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", although his music is rarely performed today. He is best known for having been a sacred music composer, while his symphonic output was much higher than is extant today. He composed in a wide array of forms, and took his greatest aesthetic influence from Haydn and Mozart.

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