page_title: Wilhelm Cramer
hierarchical_section_title: Wilhelm Cramer
caption_attribution_description: Purchased by the NPG in 1993.
context_page_description: Wilhelm Cramer was a famous London violinist and musical conductor of German origin. He was one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilhelm Cramer is the father of the famous Johann Baptist Cramer.
  Cramer Street in London's Marylebone district is named after him.
context_section_description: Wilhelm Cramer (2 June 1746, Mannheim – 5 October 1799, London) was a famous London violinist and musical conductor of German origin. He was one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries. Wilhelm Cramer is the father of the famous Johann Baptist Cramer (24 February 1771 – 16 April 1858) (English musician of German origin).
  Cramer Street in London's Marylebone district is named after him.
caption: Portrait painting of Wilhelm Cramer by the English painter Thomas Hardy in 1794, painted for the British music publisher and seller, John Bland.
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