Margarethe Danzi – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vaughan Schlepp

Margarethe Danzi – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
SONATES & VARIATIONS FOR FORTEPIANO & VIOLIN
Vaughan Schlepp - Antoinette Lohmann
FineLine | FL 72405 | 1 CD | 608917240528
LINE-UP
Vaughan Schlepp: fortepiano (copy after Stein, ca.1785, P.
McNulty) | Antoinette Lohmann: violin (G. Piattelini, 1770)
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Unique, original compositions by “the wife of...”
Splendid performances on quality period instruments
Earlier cd by this duo was received with great applause
THE MUSIC
Two of Leopold Mozart’s students:
Margarethe Danzi (1768-1800) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Little is known about the composer, pianist, and singer Margarethe Danzi. Nevertheless, her
work was known and highly esteemed during her lifetime. It is not unlikely that quite some of
her compositional ideas found their way into the works of her so well-known husband, Franz
Danzi. She was the daughter of the well-known singer, actor and theatre director Theobald
Hilarius Marchand and the actress Magdalena Brochard. In 1790 she married Franz Danzi. She
spent an important part of her musical education studying in Salzburg with Leopold Mozart,
at whose house she lived between 1782 and 1784, together with her brother, the violinist
Heinrich Marchand. Margarethe (who was also called Gretl or Gredl) and her brother appear
regularly in the diaries and letters of the Mozart family.
As a pedagogue Leopold Mozart played an essential role in the musical education and
development of his son, Wolfgang Amadeus, as well as authoring the Violinschule that even
today remains a standard in the violin pedagogic repertoire.
TRACKLIST
Margarethe Danzi (1768-1800)
Trois Sonates pour le Piano Forte avec Violon Oblige.
Composées par Madame Danzi née Marchand. Oeuvre I, Munic chez Mac: Falter
Sonata I in E flat major
1 Allegro moderato 8:20
2 Andante 4:31
3 Allegretto 5:10
Sonata II in B flat major
4 Allegro moderato 7:24
5 Andante amoroso 7:40
6 Allegro vivo 3:32
Sonata III in E major
7 Allegro moderato 7:33
8 Andante quasi Allegretto 4:07
9 Allegretto 5:37
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
10 Sechs variationen über ein Andantino ‘Hélas, j’ai perdu mon amant’ in G minor, KV 360 (374b) 13:19
total time 67:18
Summary
The fine compositional quality of this beautiful music is enhanced by an interesting peep into
the Mozart family life and into the background of the musical output of Franz Danzi.
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