Leopoldine Blahetka

Leopoldine Blahetka.

Marie Leopoldine Blahetka (16 November 1809 – 17 January 1885) was an Austrian pianist and composer.

Life

Leopoldine Blahetka was born in Guntramsdorf near Vienna, the child of George and Barbara Joseph Blahetka Sophia, née Traeg. Her father was a history and mathematics teacher and her mother played physharmonica. Her maternal grandfather was the Viennese composer Andreas Traeg.[1]

The family moved to Vienna and George Blahetka took a job with the Traeg music publishing house. Leopoldine took piano lessons from her mother and made her debut as a pianist in 1818. Afterwards, she studied with Joseph Czerny, Hieronymus Payer, Eduard Freiherr von Lannoy, Joachim Hoffmann, Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Ignaz Moscheles, and later composition with Simon Sechter.[2]

In 1821 Blahetka began touring Europe, accompanied by her mother, and continued to tour for about twenty years. In about 1830 the family moved to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, seeking a better climate. Blahetka died in Boulogne-sur Mer.[3][4]

Works

Selected works include:

References

  1. Karin Pendle (2001). Women and music.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  3. "Lebenslauf von Marie Léopoldine Blahetka". Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  4. Turner, Christie Susan (1979). Leopoldine Blahetka (1811-1887): pianist and composer.
  5. See either OCLC 165566873 or Hofmeister scan at ÖNB.
  6. "Werke sortiert nach Opuszahl". Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  7. Dedicated to Johann Peter Pixis and published in 1836 by Hofmeister, Leipzig. See Hofmeister Monatsberichte (scan).
  8. See e.g. Hofmeister Monatsberichte - published 1837/early 1838 by Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig.
  9. Dedicated to Clara Wieck. Digitized copy of this score uploaded to Munich Library. Published 1839, according to HMB.
  10. Published in 1843 or 1844 by Schuberth & Co. (HMB)

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