Marianna Martines
Marianna Martines of ( 4 * May 1744 in Vienna, † December 13, 1812 ibid ) was an Austrian composer, harpsichordist and singer.
Life
Marianna was born in 1744 in Vienna, the daughter of Theresa and Nicholas Martines, a Neapolitan, and master of ceremonies of the papal nuncio in Vienna. Marianna had eleven brothers and sisters, but of which six have died in infancy. It remained a sister and four brothers. These were collected on 23 January 1774 by the Empress Maria Theresa in the hereditary knighthood.
Education and promotion in the music, but also in languages and literature, Marianna Martines received by the Italian poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782), the poet laureate by Emperor Charles VI. had. Martines ' father came as a friend of Metastasio in the Michaelerhaus - on the carbon market 1182 ( 1795 No 1220 ) - and lived there with his family as a lodger of the poet.
In her brief autobiography Martines calls only two teachers: Joseph Haydn and Giuseppe Bonno. Nicola Porpora and Johann Adolph Hasse no mention of her. Piano lessons since she got her tenth year by the young Joseph Haydn. This also lived in the same house and gave her daily lessons with free food. Already at the beginning of this training Marianna Martines said to have played outstanding.
Through her father and Metastasio Martines tied early contacts with important personalities in politics, culture and society. She sang and played frequently at the invitation of Empress Maria Theresa at the court. At least once a week she gave musical soirees in her house. For a joint appearance with Mozart there is no evidence. Also her allegedly awarded by the University of Padua honorary doctorate is not assignable. Metastasio died in 1782 and left his fortune to the siblings Martines.
On December 13, 1812 by Marianna Martines died at the age of 68 from tuberculosis. Only two days earlier, her three years younger sister Antonia, had lived with the Marianna decades, died of old age. Martines was buried at the St. Marx Cemetery in Vienna.
Work as a composer
1761, as a 17 -year-old, Martine made her first appearance as a composer. One of their measuring was performed at the Vienna Court Church of St. Michael. This met with general acclaim. 1760/1771 she sent the renowned composer and music theorist Padre Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784) some of her compositions to which described their works quite positive. Your Piano Sonatas in E major and A major were published in 1760 in an anthology of the music publisher Johann Ulrich Hafner ( 1711-1767 ). This was considered important quality evidence. It remained their only publications during his lifetime.
1773 she was admitted to the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. The organizer of the Accademia was founded in 1666 Padre Martini. To be taken up there was a high honor, which was only indulged in the least and very good composer. An object of the entrance examination was arranging an antiphon for four voices. In the assessment of Martines ' was particularly " the daintiness, the genius [ ... ] [and] the amazing precision [ ... ] their composition" highlighted.
Martines perhaps most famous work Isacco figura del Redentore ( Isaac - a model of the Redeemer ), she wrote in 1782, this was performed with great success by the Vienna Composers firm..