Leopoldine Blahetka
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Marie Leopoldine Blahetka (16 November, 1809 – 17 January, 1885) was an Austrian
pianist and composer.
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.
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, Catherine Cibbini-Kozeluch, Friedrich Kalkbrenner
, Ignaz Moscheles
, and later composition with Simon Sechter
.
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.
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
pianist and composer.
Life
Leopoldine Blahetka was born in GuntramsdorfGuntramsdorf
Guntramsdorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....
near Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, the child of George and Barbara Joseph Blahetka Sophia, née Traeg. Her father was a history and mathematics teacher and her mother played physharmonica
Physharmonica
The physharmonica is a keyboard instrument fitted with free reeds, a kind of harmonium much used in Germany. It resembles a small harmonium, but is differentiated from it by having no stops; being without percussion action, it does not speak readily or clearly...
. Her maternal grandfather was the Viennese composer Andreas Traeg.
The family moved to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
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
Joseph Czerny
Joseph Czerny was a composer, pianist, and piano teacher. and Among his compositions is variation number 5 for Part II of the Vaterländischer Künstlerverein. Among his pupils were Leopoldine Blahetka and Ludwig van Beethoven's nephew, Karl...
, Hieronymus Payer, Eduard Freiherr von Lannoy, Joachim Hoffmann, Catherine Cibbini-Kozeluch, Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner was a German pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer who spent most of his life in England and France. Before the advent of Frédéric Chopin, Sigismond Thalberg and Franz Liszt, Kalkbrenner was by many considered to be the foremost pianist in...
, Ignaz Moscheles
Ignaz Moscheles
Ignaz Moscheles was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as head of the Conservatoire.-Sources:Much of what we know about Moscheles's life...
, and later composition with Simon Sechter
Simon Sechter
Simon Sechter was an Austrian music theorist, teacher, organist, conductor and composer.Sechter was born in Friedberg , Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire, and moved to Vienna in 1804, succeeding Jan Václav Voříšek as court organist there in 1824. In 1810 he began teaching piano and voice...
.
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
Boulogne-sur-Mer
-Road:* Metropolitan bus services are operated by the TCRB* Coach services to Calais and Dunkerque* A16 motorway-Rail:* The main railway station is Gare de Boulogne-Ville and located in the south of the city....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, seeking a better climate. Blahetka died in Boulogne-sur Mer.
Works
Selected works include:- op. 13, Variations sur un thème favorite
- op. 14, Variations brillantes
- op. 15, Sonate for violin
- op. 16, Nr. 1, 6 Deutsche Lieder: Die Nebelbilder
- op. 16, Nr. 2, 6 Deutsche Lieder: Der Getröstete
- op. 16, Nr. 3, 6 Deutsche Lieder: Die Totenklage
- op. 16, Nr. 4, 6 Deutsche Lieder: Die fernen Berge
- op. 16, Nr. 5, 6 Deutsche Lieder: Sehnsucht
- op. 16, Nr. 6, 6 Deutsche Lieder: Matrosenlied
- op. 18, Variations brillantes sur un thème hongrois
- op. 19, Polonaise D-Dur
- op. 20, Variations brillantes sur le Siège de Corinthe
- op. 25, Konzertstück for orchestra
- op. 26, Six Valses avec Trio et Coda
- op. 26a, Variationen über ein Thema aus der Oper 'Die Stumme' von Portici
- op. 27, Variations sur un thème tyrolien
- op. 28, Variations sur la chanson nationale autrichienne Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser
- op. 29, Variations sur un thème de Gallenberg
- op. 32, Rastlose Liebe