Leopoldine Blahetka
Anna Maria Leopoldine Blahetka (born November 16, 1809 in Guntramsdorf , † January 17, 1885 in Boulogne-sur-Mer ) was an Austrian composer and pianist .
Life
Anna Maria Leopoldine Blahetka was born on November 16, 1809 in Guntramsdorf in Lower Austria as the daughter of an inspector in the neighboring paper factory, which later became the printing factory . At the age of 7 she made her first public appearances and the Viennese press described her as a “child prodigy”. At the age of 11 she created her first compositions , which she also performed regularly at her concerts.
She took lessons, studied piano with Joachim Hoffmann , Joseph Czerny , Friedrich Kalkbrenner , Ignaz Moscheles and Katharina Cibbini as well as music theory with Simon Sechter . At the age of 16 she went on her first concert tour to Germany, where Robert Schumann , who heard her on this occasion, said that her playing was "a really feminine, delicate, level-headed and elaborate one". Her compositions also impressed him very much.
In 1828 she performed in Vienna at a concert given by the violinist Niccolò Paganini , who thereby expressed his admiration for her.
After her first compositions of piano music, she followed the fashion of the Biedermeier and composed the one-act play “The Robbers and the Singers”, which was premiered on March 22nd, 1830 at the Court Theater in Vienna.
At this time Leopoldine Blahetka moved to Boulogne-sur-Mer . There she taught piano and her concerts were considered the artistic highlights of her new hometown. In addition, she continued to go on concert tours. Furthermore, little is known about her life from her time in France. Music continued to be her great passion. She composed more than 70 works, including orchestral pieces, waltzes, songs and sacred works.
Leopldine Blahetka died on January 17, 1885 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where her funeral became a social event due to her high reputation.
plant
- Opera
- The robbers and the singer
- Piano works
- Orchestral works
- waltz
- Songs
- spiritual works
literature
- Barbara Boisits: Blahetka, Marie Leopoldine. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
- Blahetka Marie Leopoldine. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 91.
- Peter Erhart: Lower Austrian composers: composers from Lower Austria, composers in Lower Austria, the great masters in Lower Austria, including register of places and register of persons. L. Doblinger, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-900695-41-5 .
- Freia Hoffmann: Blahetka, Leopoldine. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 3 (Bjelinski - Calzabigi). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1113-6 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Blahetka, Leopoldine . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 421 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Works by and about Leopoldine Blahetka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Leopoldine Blahetka in the International Music Score Library Project
- Entry on Anna Maria Leopoldine Blahetka in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Audio samples
- Lexicon article by the Sophie Drinker Institute
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blahetka, Leopoldine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blahetka, Anna Maria Leopoldine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guntramsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1885 |
| Place of death | Boulogne-sur-Mer |