German composer from Bohemia. According to the prefaces to his songbooks he was cantor and choirmaster of St Nicolai, Eger, from at least 1658 until at least 1675. The two songbooks that he issued in 1664 are important contributions to the development of the sacred song with continuo. [...]
Source: Walther Lipphardt/Jiri Sehnal: Johann Georg Franz Braun quoted from Grove Music Online
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