by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
Discover the music of the woman who taught Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Schubert. Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues (1786-1820) was a leading performer of her day who championed the works of her friends Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. The fifty-six page...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
Marianne Martinez (1744 – 1812) was a highly educated Viennese composer. As a child, she attracted considerable attention as both a singer and keyboardist. She studied piano and composition with Haydn, Porpora, and Metastasio. In 1733, she was made an honorary...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
This volume contains Elisabetta de Gambarini’s (1731-1765) Aria, Gavotte and Variations, and Gigue written on “Lover, Go and Calm thy Sighs.” It also includes Sonata in F Major by Maria Hester Park (1760-1813) and Lesson VI in D Major by A Lady. Until...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 9, 2021
Maria Hester Park (1760-1813) was an English composer and teacher. Not much information is available about her early life, but she appeared in harpsichord and piano concerts before she married Thomas Park. She was active in composition from about 1795 to 1811. The...
