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Therese Malfatti, from an anonymous pastel painting
Therese Malfatti at the piano surrounded by her family, circa 1810

Baronin Therese von Droßdik, born Therese Malfatti (1 January 1792 – 27 April 1851) was an Austrian musician and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. She is best known as one of the supposed dedicatees of Beethoven's famous bagatelle, Für Elise, WoO 59. She is one possible identity for Beethoven’s muse, the 'Immortal beloved'. [1]

Biography

Born in Vienna, Austria on 1 January 1792. Therese Malfatti was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Friedrich Malfatti (1769–1829) and a cousin[2] of the famous and wealthy physician, Johann Baptist Malfatti von Monteregio[3] (1775–1859). Her father, who from 1804 on owned an estate in Walkersdorf am Kamp (Grafenegg), on 2 April 1806 was given the title "Edler von Rohrenbach zu Dezza" in the hereditary peerage. Her younger sister Anna (1792–1869) married Beethoven's friend Ignaz von Gleichenstein on 29 May 1811 in Etsdorf am Kamp.[4]

References

  1. ^ [1] Beethoven reference site
  2. ^ Sieghard Brandenburg (Hrsg.): Der Freundeskreis der Familie Malfatti in Wien. Gezeichnet von Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Beethoven-Haus, Bonn 1985, (Jahresgaben des Vereins Beethoven-Haus 4 = Jg. 1985)
  3. ^ de:Johann Malfatti
  4. ^ Michael Lorenz: "Baronin Droßdik und die verschneyten Nachtigallen". Biographische Anmerkungen zu einem Schubert-Dokument. In: Schubert durch die Brille 26, 2001, p. 64.

Literature

  • Virginia Beahrs: The Beethoven-Malfatti Connection Revisited. In: The Beethoven Journal 13/1, 1998, ISSN 1087-8262, pp. 12–16.
  • Sieghard Brandenburg (Hrsg.): Der Freundeskreis der Familie Malfatti in Wien. Gezeichnet von Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Beethoven-Haus, Bonn 1985, (Jahresgaben des Vereins Beethoven-Haus 4 = Jg. 1985).
  • Michael Lorenz: "Die 'Enttarnte Elise': Elisabeth Röckels kurze Karriere als Beethovens 'Elise'". In: Bonner Beethoven-Studien 9. Bonn 2011, pp. 169–190. Article online.
  • Michael Lorenz: "Baronin Droßdik und die verschneyten Nachtigallen". Biographische Anmerkungen zu einem Schubert-Dokument. In: Schubert durch die Brille 26, 2001, pp. 47–88.
  • Michael Lorenz: Studien zum Schubert-Kreis. Vienna 2001, (Vienna, Ph. Diss., 2001).
  • Ludwig Nohl (Hrsg.): Neue Briefe Beethovens. Nebst einigen ungedruckten Gelegenheitscompositionen und Auszügen aus seinem Tagebuch und seiner Lectüre. Cotta, Stuttgart 1867, S. 28–33.
  • Max Unger: Beethoven and Therese von Malfatti. In: Musical Quarterly 11, 1925, ISSN 0027-4631, pp. 63–72.

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