Raff, Joseph Joachim R Composers Composition

Raff, Joseph Joachim R Composers Composition

Raff, Joseph Joachim

Romantic composer Joachim Raff (1822-1900) was born in Zurich, Switzerland but lived and worked most of his life in Germany. He wrote a variety of instrumental and vocal music, but his fame declined and only his Cavatina is widely remembered.

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