Nannette Streicher
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Nannette Streicher née Stein (2 January 1769, Augsburg – 16 January 1833, Vienna) was a German piano maker, composer, music educator and writer.
in Augsburg
(1728–1792) and his wife Magdalena (born Euphrosina Large 1742-1800). Early on, she received piano lessons from her father, who was influenced by his friend Ignaz von Beeck. In Augsburg Nannette Stein played piano at concerts, sometimes with her friend Nanette von Schaden. In 1787 she sang "some minor arias" in a concert. She had to give up singing later for health reasons. After her father's death on 29 February 1792, she continued the piano workshop independently.
In 1793 she married the musician Johann Andreas Streicher
(1761–1833) and moved with him to Vienna in 1794. She moved her father's business also, initially with her younger brother Matthias Andreas Stein (1776-1842), which since 1802 has continued under his name (Nannette Streicher née Stone). With the support of her husband and from 1824 to 1825 with their son, Johann Baptist (1796–1871) as a partner, the business became an important piano manufacturer. Johann Baptist Streicher
was the sole owner of the factory, which under his leadership acquired many patents and became world famous. The company was sold in 1896 to the brothers Stingl.
Nannette Streicher and Andreas were not only piano makers. The concerts she organised were an important contribution to Viennese musical life, first in her apartment, then from 1812 in a piano salon
she organized, which offered young artists welcome opportunities for performance. The friends and customers of the couple included Ludwig van Beethoven
and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
.
Nannette Streicher sometimes played in private before the friends and visitors of the music circle, sometimes together with her daughter Sophie (1797–1840), an equally gifted piano player. Her circle included many great musicians of Vienna, and her friendship with Beethoven is documented in more than sixty letters, in which the composer sought advice and assistance in household and educational questions, after he was granted custody of his nephew Karl.
Nanette Streicher died on 16 January 1833 after two months of illness.
Life
Nannette was the sixth child of the organ and piano maker Johann Andreas SteinJohann Andreas Stein
Johann Andreas Stein, was an outstanding German maker of keyboard instruments, a central figure in the history of the piano...
in Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
(1728–1792) and his wife Magdalena (born Euphrosina Large 1742-1800). Early on, she received piano lessons from her father, who was influenced by his friend Ignaz von Beeck. In Augsburg Nannette Stein played piano at concerts, sometimes with her friend Nanette von Schaden. In 1787 she sang "some minor arias" in a concert. She had to give up singing later for health reasons. After her father's death on 29 February 1792, she continued the piano workshop independently.
In 1793 she married the musician Johann Andreas Streicher
Johann Andreas Streicher
Johann Andreas Streicher was a German pianist, composer and piano maker. In 1793 he married Nannette Streicher , another piano maker and the daughter of Augsburg piano maker Johann Andreas Stein. In 1794 they moved to Vienna...
(1761–1833) and moved with him to Vienna in 1794. She moved her father's business also, initially with her younger brother Matthias Andreas Stein (1776-1842), which since 1802 has continued under his name (Nannette Streicher née Stone). With the support of her husband and from 1824 to 1825 with their son, Johann Baptist (1796–1871) as a partner, the business became an important piano manufacturer. Johann Baptist Streicher
Johann Baptist Streicher
Johann Baptist Streicher was an Austrian piano maker. Streicher learned the craft from his parents, Nannette and Andreas Streicher, who ran a successful piano-making business. He became a partner in the business in 1823 and, after the death of his parents, was the sole owner of the company...
was the sole owner of the factory, which under his leadership acquired many patents and became world famous. The company was sold in 1896 to the brothers Stingl.
Nannette Streicher and Andreas were not only piano makers. The concerts she organised were an important contribution to Viennese musical life, first in her apartment, then from 1812 in a piano salon
Salon (gathering)
A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to...
she organized, which offered young artists welcome opportunities for performance. The friends and customers of the couple included Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
.
Nannette Streicher sometimes played in private before the friends and visitors of the music circle, sometimes together with her daughter Sophie (1797–1840), an equally gifted piano player. Her circle included many great musicians of Vienna, and her friendship with Beethoven is documented in more than sixty letters, in which the composer sought advice and assistance in household and educational questions, after he was granted custody of his nephew Karl.
Nanette Streicher died on 16 January 1833 after two months of illness.