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Johann Schrammel, (22 May 1850 – 17 June 1893), was an Austrian composer and musician.
Johann was theillegitimate son of the clarinettistKaspar Schrammel and his late wife Aloisia Ernst; his younger brotherJosef Schrammel was in a similar situation. He also had an older half-brother named Konrad Schrammel (1833–1905), who had a less prestigious livelihood as abarrel organ player as he was forced to retire as an "invalid" from military service.
In his first musical lessons Schrammel got together with his brother, with assistance from his father. With approximately six years, Johann Schrammel could sing in the church choir in his home town Neulerchenfeld. His father had helped him receive violin lessons fromErnst Melzer despite a poor financial position.
On 6 January 1861, Johann Schrammel debuted along with his brother and father at a concert at the local inn "Zum goldenen Stuck" at the Neulerchenfelder Straße. From 1862 to 1863 he and his two brothers studied music at theVienna Conservatory. In addition to singing lessons, the violin was taken up byJosef Schrammel.
In June 1865 Johann Schrammel left the Conservatory, and unsecured sources claim that he was at that time already a member of the orchestra of Danzers Orpheum, Harmonietheater.
In 1872 he married Rosalia Weichselbaumer and had 13 children with her; 9 of which survived childhood.
In 1878 he founded with his brotherJosef Schrammel andAnton Strohmayer a trio; they were later joined by the clarinettist Georg Dänzer to form the famous Schrammel Quartet.
Johann Schrammel died at age 43 and was awarded an honorary grave in the Hernalser Cemetery.
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