Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann
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Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann née Stöwe (b. 2 November 1757. d. 19 August 1817) was a German
singer, harpsichord
ist and composer. She was born in Berlin
, the daughter of musician Wilhelm Heinrich Stöwe, and studied singing and harpsichord as a child. At the age of nine she made her debut in the Liebhaberkonzerte. She married Berlin violinst and luthier Karl Ludwig Bachmann.
She was one of twenty founding members of the Berlin Singakademie
in 1791, and was instrumental in establishing annual performances of C.H. Graun’s Der Tod Jesu between 1797 and 1806, a tradition that continued at the Berlin court until 1884. She was well regarded as a performer in Berlin. One of her songs was published in Rellstab’s Clavier-Magazin in 1787. She died in Berlin.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
singer, harpsichord
Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
ist and composer. She was born in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, the daughter of musician Wilhelm Heinrich Stöwe, and studied singing and harpsichord as a child. At the age of nine she made her debut in the Liebhaberkonzerte. She married Berlin violinst and luthier Karl Ludwig Bachmann.
She was one of twenty founding members of the Berlin Singakademie
Berlin Singakademie
The Sing-Akademie zu Berlin is a musical society founded in Berlin in 1791 by Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, harpsichordist to the court of Prussia, on the model of the 18th century London Academy of Ancient Music.-Early history:...
in 1791, and was instrumental in establishing annual performances of C.H. Graun’s Der Tod Jesu between 1797 and 1806, a tradition that continued at the Berlin court until 1884. She was well regarded as a performer in Berlin. One of her songs was published in Rellstab’s Clavier-Magazin in 1787. She died in Berlin.
Works
Bachman composed songs. Selected works include:- Madchen wenn dein lacheln winket, 1787