Amalie Joachim

Amalie Marie Joachim (10 May 1839 – 3 February 1899) was an Austrian-German contralto, working in opera and concert and as voice teacher. She was the wife of the violinist Joseph Joachim, and a friend of both Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, with whom she made international tours.

Career Born Amalie Marie Schneeweiss in Maribor, Austrian Empire (now Maribor, Slovenia), She was first alto. There, she met the concert master Joseph Joachim, whom she married on 10 June 1863 in the Schlosskirche. The couple had six children. thumb Joseph und Amalie Joachim, by Adolf Neumann, in Die Gartenlaube, 1873Johannes Brahms dedicated his Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano to Amalie and her husband, which the three could perform together. He wrote one of the two songs for their wedding and the baptism of their first son, who was named Johannes after Brahms, and the other decades later with the intention to help the couple's troubled marriage. alt=Plaster bust of Amalie Weiss Joachim by sculptor Elisabet Ney, executed in 1867 and commissioned by her husband, Joseph Joachim. Plaster bust of Amalie Weiss Joachim by sculptor Elisabet Ney, executed in 1867 and commissioned by her husband, Joseph Joachim. The marriage was dissolved after 21 years, after the jealous Joachim had accused her of adultery. Brahms defended her position.