Nannette Streicher (1769-1833) - Marche à huit Instruments à vent
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Composer: Nannette Streicher (1769-1833)
Work: Marche à huit Instruments à vent
Software: Sibelius + Instruments samples
World Premiere: Yes
Sheet music (pdf): https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/38/IMSLP728007-PMLP87305-Nannette_Streicher_Marche_-_Score.pdf
Sheet music (xml): https://www.mediafire.com/file/fs0qznbvazk9l85/STREICHER-Marcia.xml/file
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(Anna-Maria) Nannette Stein-Streicher
(Augsburg, 2 January 1769 - Vienna, 16 January 1833)
German-Austrian piano maker, composer, music teacher and writer. She was the sixth child of the organ and piano maker Johann Andreas Stein (1728-1792) and his wife Maria Regina Burkhart. From an early age, she received piano lessons from her father, who was completely under the influence of his friend Ignaz von Beecke. She made her debut in April 1776 at the age of seven with a piano concerto in Augsburg’s Patrician parlour and was presented with a medal in recognition of her great admiration. In Augsburg, she repeatedly performed as a pianist in concerts, sometimes together with her friend, the court pianist of Oettingen-Wallerstein, Anna von Schaden. Her father had taught her piano making at a very early age, so that she was able to run the workshop independently after his death on 29 February 1792. In 1794, she married the musician Johann Andreas Streicher (1761-1833) and moved to Vienna with him in the same year. Here she continued to run her father’s business, initially together with her younger brother Matthäus Andreas Stein (1776-1842), and from 1802 under her own name. With the support of her husband, and from 1824-25 with her son Johann Baptist Streicher (1796-1871) as a partner, she succeeded in developing the business into one of the most important piano manufacturing companies in the royal seat.
Johann Baptist Streicher became the sole owner of the factory in 1833, which developed numerous patents under his management and gained a worldwide reputation. Johann Baptist’s son Emil sold the company to the Stingl brothers in 1896. The Streicher couple’s friends and customers included Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. However, Nannette and Andreas Streicher were not just piano makers. They also made an important contribution to Viennese musical life by organizing concerts, initially in their home and from 1812 onwards in their piano salon, which could accommodate around 300 listeners and offered young artists welcome opportunities to perform. She enjoyed playing in private for music lovers and visitors, sometimes together with her daughter Sophie Streicher (1797-1840), who was also a talented pianist. She was in contact with many of Vienna’s great musical personalities; her friendship with Beethoven is documented in over sixty small letters in which he asked her for advice and help in household and educational matters after he had been given guardianship of his nephew Karl. The Streicher couple were among the founders of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna.