RAAFF, Anton
(1714–1797)> TENOR VOCALIST
RAAFF (Anton). German tenor vocalist, Gelsdorf, 1714. S. at Jesuits’ Coll. at Cologne, for the church. S. music at Cologne, and Munich, and at Bologna, under Bernacchi. Appeared successively in Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal. Sang in Paris, 1778. Taught music school at Munich from 1779. Munich, May 28, 1797.