Leopoldine Blahetka

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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 a physharmonica teacher and performer. Her maternal grandfather was the Viennese composer .^[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, , Joachim Hoffmann, Catherina 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. 9, Grande polonaise concertante pour le piano forte et violoncello
• 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 piano and (optional) string quartet or orchestra^[5]
• 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^[6]
• op. 39, Introduction and Variations for flute and piano
• op. 43, Piano Quartet^[7]
• op. 44, 2nd Piano Quartet^[8]
• op. 47, Grand Duo (for Piano 4-hands)^[9]
• op. 48, Capriccio for Piano^[10]

References[]

External links[]

• Free scores by Leopoldine Blahetka at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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