[Sheet music] Franziska Danzi [Lebrun] (1756-1791) - Sonata (B-Dur) œuvre premier (1780)

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Composer: Franziska Danzi [Lebrun] (1756-1791)
Work: Sonata (B-Dur) œuvre premier (1780)
Software: Sibelius + Instruments samples
World Premiere: No
Real performance: https://open.spotify.com/album/071KCBYxJ3bx3PDSmRYaNB
Sheet music (pdf): https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/23/IMSLP437389-PMLP586129-Lebrun_vs_op_1.pdf
Sheet music (xml): https://www.mediafire.com/file/9c9l5hwlieck7gi/LEBRUN-SonataI.xml/file
Info about sheet music recovering project: https://i.ibb.co/hML4xyJ/HAYDN-M-3.jpg

Painting: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) - Madame Lebrun (1780)
Image in high resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2mM1ZGJ

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Franziska [Francesca] (Dorothea) Lebrun [née Danzi]
(Mannheim, 24 March 1756 - Berlin, 14 May 1791)

Soprano and composer, wife of Ludwig August Lebrun. She was the daughter of Innocenz Danzi and elder sister of Franz Danzi. She made her début in 1772 at the Schwetzingen Schlosstheater in Sacchini’s La contadina in corte and sang in the court opera at Mannheim, holding the title virtuosa da camera. In 1777 she triumphed in the role of Anna in Holzbauer’s Günther von Schwarzburg, which was composed for her voice. She spent the next year in London and in 1778 married Ludwig August Lebrun. While retaining her court position (from 1778 at Munich), she visited several European countries with her husband, making guest appearances in operas and concerts. On 3 August 1778 she sang the principal role in Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta at the opening of La Scala, Milan. Early in 1779 she appeared with her husband at the Concert Spirituel in Paris, where she caused a stir by fitting Italian texts to the solo parts of symphonies concertantes. For the opera seasons of 1779-81 she was again engaged at the King’s Theatre in London. Thomas Gainsborough painted her portrait in 1780. While in London she composed and published two sets of six sonatas for violin and keyboard (op.1, 1780/R; op.2, 1780), which were soon also issued in Paris, Amsterdam, Offenbach, Berlin, Mannheim and Worms. 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 S Carlo. The couple were invited to Berlin for the carnival seasons of 1789-90 and 1790-91. Her husband’s sudden death there affected Lebrun severely and led to a rapid decline in her health, and she made only two subsequent public appearances. #ClassicalMusic