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, Catherine 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:

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^[5]

References

^ Karin Pendle (2001). Women and music.
^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA65&dq=Leopoldine+Blahetka+norton&hl=en&ei=S1dDTfQegrzyBtPFhYgC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Leopoldine%20Blahetka%20norton&f=false. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ "Lebenslauf von Marie Léopoldine Blahetka". http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Blahetka_ML/lebenslauf_1.html. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ Turner, Christie Susan (1979). Leopoldine Blahetka (1811-1887): pianist and composer.
^ "Werke sortiert nach Opuszahl". http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Blahetka_ML/wv_opus_1.html. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

Persondata
Name	Blahetka, Leopoldine
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	16 November 1809
Place of birth	Guntramsdorf, Austria
Date of death	17 January 1885
Place of death	Boulogne-sur-Mer, France