Johann Gottlieb Graun
Graun was born in Wahrenbrück. His father was a tax collector. His brothers were Carl Heinrich Graun and August Friedrich Graun. Johann was the second oldest son. He and Carl studied in the Kreuzschule, Dresden. He sang in the choir. Johann Zacharias Grundig taught Graun music and singing. He and Carl left the Kreuzschule in 1721. He studied playing the violin with Johann Georg Pisendel. He went to Padua to study the violin with Giuseppe Tartini.