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Nannette Streicher, ink drawing by Ludwig Krones, 1836

Anna-Maria called Nannette Streicher , b. Stein (born January 2, 1769 in Augsburg , † January 16, 1833 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian piano maker , composer , music teacher and writer .

Life

Strings grand around 1820
Grave of Nannette Streicher and her family in the Vienna Central Cemetery, 32A No. 30 (Dec. 2014)

Nannette was the sixth child of the organ and piano builder Johann Andreas Stein in Augsburg (1728–1792) and his wife Maria Regina Stein nee. Burkhart. She received piano lessons at an early age from her father, who was completely under the influence of his friend Ignaz von Beecke . Nannette Stein made her debut in April 1776 at the age of seven with a piano concerto in the Augsburg patrician parlor and was presented with a medal in recognition of her great admiration.

In Augsburg, Nannette Stein appeared repeatedly in concerts as a pianist, sometimes together with her friend, the court pianist of Oettingen-Wallerstein, Anna von Schaden . In 1787 she sang "a few smaller arias" in a concert. She later had to give up singing for health reasons. Her father had instructed her in piano making at a very early age, so that she was able to continue the workshop independently after his death on February 29, 1792.

In 1794 she married the musician and Friedrich Schiller friend Johann Andreas Streicher (1761–1833) and moved with him to Vienna in the same year. Here she ran her father's business, initially together with her younger brother Matthäus Andreas Stein (1776–1842), from 1802 under her own name (Nannette Streicher née Stein). With the support of her husband - and since 1824/25 with her son Johann Baptist (1796–1871) as a partner - she managed to develop the business into one of the most important piano manufacturers in the royal seat.

In 1833 Johann Baptist Streicher became the sole owner of the factory, which developed numerous patents under his management and achieved international renown. Johann Baptist's son Emil sold the company to the Stingl brothers in 1896 . The friends and customers of the Streicher couple included u. a. Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

However, Nannette and Andreas Streicher were not just piano makers. An important contribution to Viennese musical life was also made by the concerts that they held initially in their apartment and then from 1812 in their piano salon, which could hold around 300 listeners, and which offered young artists welcome opportunities to perform.

Nannette Streicher liked to play in private in front of music friends and visitors, sometimes together with her daughter Sophie (1797-1840), an equally talented piano player. She was in contact with many great musicians in Vienna; Her friendship with Beethoven is documented in over sixty little letters in which he asked her for advice and help on household and upbringing issues after he had received the guardianship of his nephew Karl . Entries in the composer's conversation books show how close the contact was between Beethoven and the Streicher family.

The Streicher couple were among the founders of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna .

Nannette Streicher died on January 16, 1833. According to the Damen Conversations Lexicon, she was buried in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof . After it was closed, she and her husband Johann Andreas Streicher were reburied in a grave of honor in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 32A No. 30). The Streichergasse is named after her son Johann Baptist Streicher . The composer Theodor Streicher was her great-grandson.

Works

  • Deux Marches pour le Piano Forte. Composées by Madame Nannette Streicher née Stein. Prix ​​75 Cs. Bonn et Cologne chez N. Simrock. Propriété de l'Editeur 1378. [1827].
  • Complaint about the early death of the maid Ursula Sabina Stage. For a voice and piano (C minor), Augsburg 1788.
  • Marche à huit Instruments à vent . N. Simrock, Bonn et Cologne, 1817.

literature

Web links

Commons : Nannette Streicher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mugi Editor: MUGI - Music and Gender on the Internet. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 12, 2018 ; accessed on July 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de
  2. ^ Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart: German Chronicle. Play 30, April 11, 1776, p. 239.
  3. ^ Frieder Reininghaus: A man of action and music: Johann Andreas Streicher ; Deutschlandfunk, calendar sheet from December 12, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Strings, Nannette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Streicher, Anna Maria; Stein, Anna Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian composer and piano maker
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1833
Place of death Vienna