Juliane Reichardt
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Juliane Reichardt was a Bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...

 pianist, singer and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

.

Biography

Juliane Reichardt was born in Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....

, the youngest of the six children of violinist and composer Franz Benda
Franz Benda
Franz Benda was a Czech violinist and composer. He was the brother of Jiří Antonín Benda, and he worked for much of his life at the court of Frederick the Great....

 (1709–1786), who was concert master at the court of Frederick the Great, and his first wife Carolina née Step Hein. She took music lessons from her father and appeared in concerts in Berlin
Berlin
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 as a singer and pianist. She married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Johann Friedrich Reichardt was a German composer, writer and music critic.-Early life:Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to lutenist and Stadtmusiker Johann Reichardt . Johann Friedrich began his musical training, in violin, keyboard, and lute, as a child...

 (1752–1815) in 1776 and had a three children, the second of which was Louise Reichardt
Louise Reichardt
Louise Reichardt was a German songwriter and composer.-Biography:Louise Reichardt was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of composers Juliane Reichardt and Johann Friedrich Reichardt and granddaughter of Franz Benda , concert master at the court of Frederick the Great...

 (1779–1826). Juliane Reichardt died of puerperal fever
Puerperal fever
Puerperal fever or childbed fever, is a bacterial infection contracted by women during childbirth or miscarriage. It can develop into puerperal sepsis, which is a serious form of septicaemia. If untreated, it is often fatal....

in Berlin.

Works

Benda composed piano sonatas and songs. Her most noted work is:
  • Sonata in G Major


Sonata in G major - Rondeau Allegro appears on the album Mozart in the Age of Enlightenment, Seth Carlin. (December 20, 2006) Magnatune, ASIN: B000TPQSD4
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