Dorothea von Ertmann

Dorothea of ​​Ertmann, born Graumann ( May 3, 1781 in Frankfurt am Main, † March 16 1849 in Vienna) was a German pianist and the first sustained campaigned for Beethoven's work.

Life

Dorothea of ​​Ertmann was the daughter of a Frankfurt silversmith, but grew up primarily on the near Offenbach. Her father was indeed a citizen of Frankfurt, but was not allowed to operate his factory because of the restrictive provisions of the local guilds within the city walls, so he dodged to Offenbach. 1798 Dorothea married the Austrian officer Stephan von Ertmann, with whom she went to Vienna about 1803 and allegedly was Beethoven's pupil. Earliest evidence of the relationship is a greeting card that you wrote the composer to January 1, 1804. " On the Baroness Ertmann for new year 1804 from their friends and admirers Beethoven"

Dorothea of ​​Ertmann is never performed in public, however, was often heard in the salons of the Viennese nobility and the educated bourgeoisie. There she gained a reputation for being an outstanding interpreter of Beethoven. Beethoven's pupil Carl Czerny wrote in his " anecdotes and notes on Beethoven": "Among the former ladies was |: 1800 to 1820: | Baroness Ertmann the most excellent player of Beethoven's works. U her Gemal bar Colonel Ertmann were among his most intimate friends, u was probably his pupil, the [n ] she played |: bey big phisischer force: |. , His works in the same spirit "

Many important musicians raved about their nuanced, very virtuosic playing, which also was characterized by an unusually powerful attack. Mention may be made, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Muzio Clementi, Anton Schindler, Felix Mendelssohn and Ignaz Moscheles.

Dorothea of ​​Ertmann was particularly known as a dedicatee of Beethoven's A major Sonata, Op 101 The composer sent her on 23 February 1817 copy of the original edition and said: " they are now receiving, which was often intended for them, and what them a Beweiss my attachment to her KunstTalen [t ] as may dispose to their person. "

Her niece was the singer Mathilde Marchesi.