About Henriette Voigt
Lived 1808 – 1839 (aged 30). Henriette Voigt was a German pianist, piano teacher and musician.
Henriette Voigt (24 November 1808 - 15 October 1839) was a German pianist.
Born Henriette Kunze in Leipzig, Voigt was a pupil of Ludwig Berger. She was the wife of merchant Karl Voigt, at whose house many of the most important musicians of the day gathered. She was the dedicatee of the second piano sonata of Robert Schumann. As a pianist she would sometimes play four-handed piano with Felix Mendelssohn. With Karl she was the mother of two daughters, whose godfathers were Mendelssohn and Schumann. Voigt died in the city of her birth.
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Who was Henriette Voigt?
German pianist (1808-1839)
When was Henriette Voigt born?
Henriette Voigt was born on 24 November 1808 in Leipzig.
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Henriette Voigt died on 15 October 1839 in Leipzig.
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Henriette Voigt was a pianist, piano teacher and musician.
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Henriette Voigt was German.
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