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Marianna Martines: A Woman Composer in the Vienna of Mozart and Haydn

Marianna Martines: A Woman Composer in the Vienna of Mozart and Haydn

Godt, Irving
Rice, John A.
Rice, John A.

Hardcover

Series: Eastman Studies in Music, Book 77

Biographies GeneralMusiciansMusic Reference

ISBN10: 1580463517
ISBN13: 9781580463515
Publisher: Univ Of Rochester Pr
Published: Sep 15 2010
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.00 Width: 9.30 Depth: 6.00
Language: English
Examines the life and compositional oeuvre of prolific eighteenth century musician, composer, and singer Marianna Martines (1744-1813).

Marianna Martines (1744-1813) was one of the most accomplished, prolific, and highly honored female musicians of the eighteenth century. She spent most of her life in a remarkable household that included celebrated librettist Pietro Metastasio, who supervised her education and remained a powerful and supportive mentor. She studied with the young Joseph Haydn, and Vienna knew her as a gifted, aristocratic singer and keyboard player who performed for the pleasure of the Empress Maria Theresa. The regular private concerts she held in her home attracted the presence and participation of some of Vienna's leading musicians; Mozart enjoyed playing keyboard duets with her. She composed prolifically and in a wide variety of genres, vocal and instrumental, writing church music, oratorios, Italian arias, sonatas, and concertos. Much of that music survives, and those who study it, perform it, and listen to it will be impressed today by its craftsmanship and beauty.

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