|
Maria Anna Sabina (von) Genzinger (6 November 1754〔Vienna University Archive, ''Liber Societatis Viduarum'', fol. 90.〕 - 26 January 1793), called "Marianne", was a Viennese amateur musician, the mother of six children, and a friend of the composer Joseph Haydn. Her correspondence with Haydn preserves a personal view of the composer not available from any other biographical source.〔Geiringer 1982, 90〕 == Background == Marianne was the daughter of Joseph von Kayser, who served as court councillor for Prince Batthyany.〔Robbins Landon (1959, xxi)〕 Her mother, born Maria Anna von Hackher zu Hart, was of an "old Austrian aristocratic family."〔Robbins Landon (1959, xxi)〕 On 29 June 1773〔Vienna, Schotten parish, Trauungsbuch Tom. 33, fol. 254v.〕 she married the physician Peter Leopold Genzinger (b. son of the abbey's apothecary on 17 November 1737 in Schlägl, d. 8 September 1797 in Vienna〔Vienna University Archive, ''Liber Societatis Viduarum'', fol. 90.〕). Robbins Landon describes him as "a popular 'Ladies' Doctor'".〔Robbins Landon (1959, xxi)〕 He was raised to the nobility by Emperor Francis II on 18 June 1793,〔OeStA/AVA Adel RAA 139.40.〕 thus henceforth "von Genzinger". In 1792, he was made Rector of the Vienna Faculty of Medicine.〔Robbins Landon (1959, xxi)〕 For many years, Genzinger served as Physician in Ordinary to Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, who from 1766 to his death in 1790 was Joseph Haydn's patron and employer. It is plausible that Haydn met Marianne through this connection.〔Robbins Landon (1959, xxi)〕 Mrs. Genzinger bore 6 children, 4 boys and 2 girls.〔Friedrich Freiherr von Haan, "Auszüge aus den Sperr-Relationen des n.-ö. und k. k. n.-ö. Landrechts 1762-1852", ''Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft Adler'' 1913, p. 21.〕 Like many cultivated women of the time, she was an amateur musician and could play the piano.〔Robbins Landon (1959, xxi)〕 She continued her piano studies in adulthood (see below). The friendship with Haydn began in 1789. At this time, the composer was 57 years old, and was nearing the end of his nearly 30 years of full-time service with Esterhazy princes, the latter half spent mostly at the remote palace of Esterháza in Hungary. Although he was the most celebrated of all composers at the time, he still was bound by loyalty and economic considerations to his Prince. Haydn frequently sought to visit Vienna, which however lay a considerable distance from Esterháza. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Anna von Genzinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|