Entrée et Polonaise by Christoph Graupner

Christoph Graupner, (1683-1760) one of the principal German composers of the period of Bach and Telemann.
Graupner studied at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. In 1706, because of a threat of Swedish invasion, he sought refuge at Hamburg, where he was harpsichordist at the opera under R. Keiser. About 1710 he entered the service of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, becoming chapelmaster in 1712. In 1722 he was offered the cantorship of St. Thomas in Leipzig, but he declined the post and it passed to J.S. Bach.