Background
Johann was the illegitimate son of the clarinettist Kaspar Schrammel and his late wife Aloisia Ernst. His younger brother Josef Schrammel was in a similar situation. In his first musical lessons Schrammelmusik got together with his brother, with assistance from his father.
His father had helped him receive violin lessons from Ernst Melzer despite a poor financial position.
Education
From 1862-1863 he and his two brothers studied music at the Vienna Conservatory.
Career
He also had an older half-brother named Konrad Schrammelmusik (1833–1905), who had a less prestigious livelihood as a barrel organ player as he was forced to retire as an "invalid" from military service. In approximately six years, Johann Schrammel could sing in the church choir in his home town Neulerchenfeld. In addition to singing lessons, the violin was taken up by Josef Schrammel.
At the age of only 43 years Johann Schrammel died and was awarded an honorary grave in the Hernalster Cemetery.
Membership
In June 1865 Schrammelmusik left the Conservatory, and unsecured sources claim that he was at that time already a member of the orchestra of Danzers Orpheum, Harmonietheater.