Francesca Dorothea Danzi (1756-1791)
- Sonata (Es-Dur) des
'Six sonates pour le clavecin ou piano forte
avec l'accompagnement d'un violon ... œuvre premier' (1783)
Performers: Jaroslav Svécený (violin); Fine Zimmermann (harpsichord)
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German soprano and composer. Daughter of Innocenz Danzi (c.1730-1798)
and elder sister of Franz Danzi (1763-1826), she made her debut as a
soloist in 1772 in Antonio Sacchini’s opera 'La Contadina in corte'. She
was a popular singer who won praise from Charles Burney for her talent.
By 1777, the same year she married the oboist and composer Ludwig
August Lebrun (1752-1790), she was regularly touring Europe as a
soloist. In London she met Thomas Gainsborough who painted her portrait
in 1780. On 13 March 1785 she performed at an academy organized by
Mozart at the Burgtheater in Vienna. She spent the season of 1786-87 in
Naples, where she appeared at the Teatro San Carlo. The couple were
invited to Berlin for the carnival seasons of 1789-90 and 1790-91. Her
husband’s sudden death there affected her severely and led to a rapid
decline in her health, and she made only two subsequent public
appearances. As a composer, she published two sets of sonatas for the
keyboard and violin in London. François-Joseph Fétis also cites a set of
trios for piano, violin, and cello, which have been lost. Her daughters
Sophie Lebrun (1781-1863) and Rosine Lebrun (1783-1855) were musicians
and singers.
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