Fanny Hünerwadel
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Fanny Hünerwadel was a Swiss pianist, singer and composer
born in Lenzburg
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and came from a long-established family of the city. She was the oldest child of the physician Johann Friedrich Hünerwadel and Speerli Regula, who were both avid music lovers. Hünerwadel was first taught music by her mother, and then studied piano under Philipp Tietz, Joseph Breitenbach and Ludwig Kurz. She also belonged to the local choral society.
In 1846 she began studied piano, voice, music theory and composition with Hans Nägeli and Alexander Müller in Zurich
. From 1849, she made public appearances as a singer and pianist, performing benefit concerts at the Universal Music Company in Zurich. She sang in 1851 to inaugurate the new Lenzburg organ. Also, in 1851 she visited Paris
and London
. In 1852, she played Rondo Brilliant by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
in a subscription concert of the General Music Society of Zurich, from which today's Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich emerged.
In 1853 as part of her training, she traveled to Florence
and Rome
. In Florence, she took singing lessons with Romani
. In Rome in 1853 she was guest of artists and families Corrodi Imhof and took lessons in singing teacher Parisotti. Hünerwadel died of typhoid on 27 April 1854 in Rome. Six of her seven existing piano songs were posthumously published in 1854.
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Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
born in Lenzburg
Lenzburg
Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the district of the same name. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neighbouring municipalities of Niederlenz and...
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Biography
Fanny Hünerwadel was a native of LenzburgLenzburg
Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the district of the same name. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neighbouring municipalities of Niederlenz and...
and came from a long-established family of the city. She was the oldest child of the physician Johann Friedrich Hünerwadel and Speerli Regula, who were both avid music lovers. Hünerwadel was first taught music by her mother, and then studied piano under Philipp Tietz, Joseph Breitenbach and Ludwig Kurz. She also belonged to the local choral society.
In 1846 she began studied piano, voice, music theory and composition with Hans Nägeli and Alexander Müller in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. From 1849, she made public appearances as a singer and pianist, performing benefit concerts at the Universal Music Company in Zurich. She sang in 1851 to inaugurate the new Lenzburg organ. Also, in 1851 she visited Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and London
London
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. In 1852, she played Rondo Brilliant by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
in a subscription concert of the General Music Society of Zurich, from which today's Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich emerged.
In 1853 as part of her training, she traveled to Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
and Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. In Florence, she took singing lessons with Romani
Romani language
Romani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own....
. In Rome in 1853 she was guest of artists and families Corrodi Imhof and took lessons in singing teacher Parisotti. Hünerwadel died of typhoid on 27 April 1854 in Rome. Six of her seven existing piano songs were posthumously published in 1854.
Discography
- MGB CD 6153: "Richard Wagner and his composer friends in Zurich". Songs "Morning Song" and "Spring" by Fanny Hünerwadel.
Additional reading
In archives:- Peter Mieg-Stiftung in Lenzburg (Teilnachlass)
- Introduction, Variations & Rondo, Klavierkomposition: im FMF (Frauen Musik Forum) in Bern.
Other:
- Biographisches Lexikon des Aargaus, 1803–1957, (1958): S. 371 f.
- Répertoire international des sources musicales / Internationales Quellenlexikon der Musik: Repertorium Schweizer Komponisten des 19. Jahrhunderts (in Vorbereitung).
- Werner Breig, Von Alexander Müller bis Richard Wagner und Franz Liszt: Das musikalische Album der Schweizer Sängerin, Pianistin und Komponistin Fanny Hünerwadel, in: Musikalische Quellen - Quellen zur Musikgeschichte. Festschrift für Martin Staehelin zum 65. Geburtstag, hrsg. von Ulrich Konrad, Göttingen 2002, S. 405-423
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Personentl. 9, 22003, 529 f.
- Lenzburger Neujahrsblätter (diverse Jahrgänge)